Stroudwater Barge
A Stroudwater barge was a type of barge developed for use on the Stroudwater Navigation, a canal in Gloucestershire. Origins As for most specialised Canals of the United Kingdom, British canal barge designs, their size was chosen to be the largest that could fit through the lock (water transport), locks and bridges of the area in which they worked. The locks of the Stroudwater Navigation are . This gave typical dimensions for the barges of length and a beam of . They could carry between 70 and 75 tons. As usual for barges they were carvel (boat building), carvel built, with bluff bows and rounded bilges. The stem post is high with a towing bitt behind, and with a canoe stern. Both stem and stern had a small decked area. The bow carried a large iron windlass and the stern provided a small living cabin beneath the deck. There was no sailing mast or propulsion, as they were bank-hauled by horses. These barges were used on the Stroudwater canal and onto the Gloucester and Sharpness ...
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