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A narrowboat is a particular type of canal boat, built to fit the narrow locks of the United Kingdom. The UK's canal system provided a nationwide transport network during the Industrial Revolution , but with the advent of the railways, commercial canal traffic gradually diminished and the last regular long-distance transportation of goods by ...
This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bessie (narrowboat) Birchills (narrowboat) D. Diamond (narrowboat) E. Eustace (narrowboat) K. Kildare (narrowboat) N.
The National Historic Fleet is a list of historic ships and vessels located in the United Kingdom, under the National Historic Ships register. National Historic Ships UK is an advisory body which advises the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and other public bodies on ship preservation and funding priorities. As part of this remit ...
Map showing canals of the British Isles. Canals in orange, rivers in blue, streams in grey. Map of the current, leisure oriented system. The following list of canals in the United Kingdom, includes some systems that are navigable rivers with sections of canal (e.g. Aire and Calder Navigation) as well as "completely" artificial canals (e.g. Rochdale Canal).
In the latter half of the 20th century, while the use of canals for transporting goods was dying out, there was a rise in interest in their history and potential use for leisure. A large amount of credit for this is usually given to L. T. C. Rolt, whose book Narrow Boat about a journey made in the narrowboat Cressy was published in 1944. [7]
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Narrowboat builders (4 P) Northshore Yachts (1 C) O. Offshore Yachts Limited (1 C) Ovington Boats (1 C) P. Petticrows (1 C) R. Rob Legg Yachts (1 C) Rondar Raceboats ...
Flight of six locks, in a quite ornate setting and including the UK's second deepest lock, [1] two pumping stations and several Grade II listed buildings. Bingley Five Rise Locks: Leeds and Liverpool Canal: grid reference: These staircase locks are the steepest flight of locks in the UK, with a gradient of about 1:5. Bow Locks: River Lee Navigation