Word: wharf
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...crews, four in number, rowed in barges. The course was in front of the boat house, from the bend just below the coal wharf down to the bridge. It was a very short course but it seemed to use up the men pretty well...
...Watriss rowed 6 and Powers 2. After some spins in front of the boat house, Keyes L. S. got out and Herrick '90 took the bow oar. Mr. Keyes '87 coached from a pair-oar which he steered. They went up a few hundred yards above the stonecutter's wharf at a stroke of 22 or 23 to the minute. The form of the crew was an improvement over their work on Tuesday, but the port side caught the water sooner than the starboard and the port men being more powerful the boat gave a vicious lurch to starboard every...