FAIRMOUNT
“I’d like to see Paris before I die... Philadelphia will do.” - W. C. Fields

The Art Museum
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The Philadelphia Art Museum
Visitors are often seen running up the steps to
imitate the famous scene from the movie Rocky

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Eakins Oval and the statue of George Washington

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Eakins Oval and the Ben Franklin Parkway that runs to City Hall

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The Ben Franklin Parkway is Philly's version of Paris' Champs Elysées

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Login Circle is on the Ben Franklin Parkway

Historic Waterworks
The Fairmount Waterworks is a National Historical Site on the Schuykill River below the Art Museum. It opened in 1812 with the completion of the Engine House. Its steam-powered pumps were to send water to a reservoir to be built atop Morris Hill (Faire Mount) where the Art Museum stands today. The water would then be carried via underground wooden pipes to the Centre Square pumps where City Hall stands today. However, the steam-powered pumps had many operational problems and were replaced by water power.
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The Old Mill House was completed in 1822, and
sits under beautiful Greek style buildings

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A mound dam was constructed along with a wheelhouse
to hold the wooden wheels that would power the pumps

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The city has restored the structures of this National Historical Site
and the Waterworks is home to several shops and a five-star restaurant.

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The Fairmount Waterworks

Boathouse Row, Fairmount Park
Boathouse Row is a historic site located on Kelly Drive along the east bank of the Schuylkill River. It consists of a row of 15 boathouses housing social and rowing clubs and their racing shells. The boathouses are all at least a century old, and some were built over 150 years ago. Boathouse #15 houses the Sedgeley Club, which operates the Turtle Rock Lighthouse. At night the boathouses are outlined in lights creating a spectacular scene along the river.
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Boathouse Row

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The boathouses are all at least a century old, and some were built over 150 years ago

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Boathouse #15 houses the Sedgeley Club, which operates the Turtle Rock Lighthouse.

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The 15 boathouses house social and rowing clubs and their racing shells

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Boathouse Row and Rowers On The Schulkill River

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Boathouse Row is the scene of the Dad Vail Regatta, the largest regular intercollegiate rowing event in the United States.

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The regatta draws over a hundred colleges and universities from North America and has been held annually on the Schuylkill River since 1953.

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Boathouse Row at Night



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