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Canal Boat may refer to: Barge, a flat-bottomed craft for carrying cargo; Narrowboat, a specialized craft for operation on the narrow canals of England, Scotland and Wales; Widebeam, a canal boat with a beam of 2.16 metres (7 ft 1 in) or greater and built in the style of a narrowboat
Motorised Dutch barge passing a swing bridge on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal. A Dutch barge [1] is a traditional flat-bottomed shoal-draught barge, originally used to carry cargo in the shallow Zuiderzee and the waterways of The Netherlands. [2] There are many types of Dutch barge, with characteristics determined by regional conditions and ...
This is a list of the types of craft to be found on the canals and non-tidal rivers of the United Kingdom for which the Canal and River Trust have a licence category: [1] Thames sailing barges, Barges; Dutch barges; Cabin cruisers; Canoes and kayaks; Mersey flat; Narrowboats; Stand-up paddleboard; Open powered boats; Rowing boats; Sail boats ...
The height restriction of a boat on the Lee, due to low bridges, means that a boat that can cruise on the Lee Navigation is low enough to cruise on Regents Canal. The section of the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal to the junction of the main Grand Union has a further height restriction of 2.08 metres (6 ft 10 in).
The key distinguishing feature of a narrowboat is its width, which must be less than 7 feet (2.13 m) to navigate British narrow canals. Some old boats are very close to this limit (often built 7 feet 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches or 2.17 metres or slightly wider), and can have trouble using certain narrow locks whose width has been reduced over time because of subsidence.
After multiple false starts and much political back and forth, work is underway on the Seine-Nord Europe Canal (SNEC), a €5.1 billion ($5.5 billion) project designed to break up one of the ...
During the Age of Sail, canal boats typically lacked sail s and mast s and relied on towboat s and mules to move from place to place. [37] canal schooner. Also sailing canal boat or sailing canal schooner. A specialized type of canal boat developed in North America in the early 19th century and used on the Great Lakes and in Lake Champlain.
The Rhine–Main–Danube Canal (German: Rhein-Main-Donau-Kanal; also called Main-Danube Canal, RMD Canal or Europa Canal), is a canal in Bavaria, Germany. Connecting the Main and the Danube rivers across the European Watershed , it runs from Bamberg via Nuremberg to Kelheim .