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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...
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    development of the widebeam canal boat. The narrowboat (one word) definition in the Oxford English Dictionary is: Narrowboat: a British canal boat of traditional...
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    Historic narrowboat Stour at the Black Country Living Museum...
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  • Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Diamond" narrowboat – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2013) (Learn how and...
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    Historic narrowboat Birchills at the Black Country Living Museum...
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    one of the key design choices when specifying a narrowboat, because the widest part of a narrowboat is rarely more than 7 feet across, so even a modest...
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  • Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Eustace" narrowboat – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2013) (Learn how and...
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  • American river excursion steamboat President (narrowboat), a preserved English, steam-powered narrowboat HMS President, the name of several British ships...
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    A widebeam is a canal boat built in the style of a British narrowboat but with a beam of 2.16 metres (7 ft 1 in) or greater. The Canal and River Trust...
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    Historic narrowboat Bessie at the Black Country Living Museum...
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  • believes itself to be the only theatre company in the world which tours by narrowboat. The company had its origins in an Edinburgh Fringe show in 1963. The...
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    narrowboat contrasting a fairly traditional exterior with a bright modern interior. 2013 Navigations Narrowboats Emily: a 58 ft tug-style narrowboat with...
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    Different types of boat used the canals: the most common was the traditional narrowboat. At the outset the boats were towed by horses, but later they were driven...
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  • gauge railways Narrow vs wide format, a style of displaying tabular data Narrowboat or narrow boat, a boat of a distinctive design made to fit the narrow...
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    President is a historic, steam-powered narrowboat, built in 1909 by Fellows Morton & Clayton (FMC) at their dock at Saltley, Birmingham, England. It is...
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  • North Star is a derelict wooden horse-drawn icebreaker built in 1868 and was used to clear a way through the ice when the canals were frozen. She is registered...
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    reinforced with wood, plastic or aluminum, to carry the thwarts. On a narrowboat or canal boat, the gunwale is synonymous with the side deck[citation needed]—a...
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  • until 23 July 2004. Rosie and Jim are two rag dolls who live aboard a narrowboat called the Ragdoll. There, they sit with a concertina on their lap and...
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    the documentary series Great Canal Journeys (2014–2021), travelling on narrowboats with her husband, fellow actor Timothy West. Scales was born in Sutton...
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    Historic Ships UK. Retrieved 26 June 2021. "Friends of President, steam narrowboat". Black Country Living Museum. Black Country Living Museum. Retrieved...
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    South Yorkshire) in 1905. As competition intensified, horse-drawn single narrowboats were replaced by steam and later diesel powered boats towing an unpowered...
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    Dinghy Dory Flatboat Halkett boat Inflatable boat Launch (boat) Log canoe Narrowboat Naval architecture Panga (boat) Pirogue Poveiro Rescue craft Sampan Ship's...
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  • Hadar may refer to: Beta Centauri, a star Hadar (narrowboat), a working narrow boat on UK canals Hadar, Ethiopia Hadar HaCarmel, Haifa, Israel Hadar, Hod...
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    restored in the last years of the 20th century – is now popular with narrowboat users. Bath is served by the Bath Spa railway station (designed by Isambard...
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    that is used exclusively by non-industrial pleasure craft such as canal narrowboats. Marinas may be located along the banks of rivers connecting to lakes...
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  • television series in which a pair of presenters take canal barge and narrowboat trips in the United Kingdom, Europe, India and Egypt. The series was originally...
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    Knock. After starting work at Stratford-on-Avon in 1973, Suchet had a narrowboat named Prima Donna fitted out to his specification as a residence there...
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  • of Royal Navy destroyers of which HMS Stour was the lead ship Stour (narrowboat), a canalboat at the Black Country Living Museum, England East Stour (disambiguation)...
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    areas in Shropshire, along with the restored canal-network which provides narrowboat holidays on the Shropshire Union Canal and other canals in the region...
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    Canal to the River Ribble. Featuring a series of locks, the Link allows narrowboats and other small watercraft to transit between the two waterways.[citation...
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