A tub boat was a type of unpowered cargo boat used on a number of the early English and German canals. There was no standardisation of tub boat size between...
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Quarry tub, a type of railway or tramway wagon Slack tub, in blacksmithing, a quench Tub boat, an unpowered cargo boat used on early canals Twin tub, a type...
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A tub boat lift is a type of boat lift designed to lift tub boats between different elevations of a canal. Tub boats are small boats used to transport...
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the canal boat lift, able to move full-sized canal boats, was the tub boat lift used in mining, able to raise and lower the 2.5 ton tub boats then in use...
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Bude Canal (section Tub boats)
unusual in Britain. It was remarkable in using inclined planes to haul tub boats on wheels to the upper levels. There were only two conventional locks...
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used box-shaped tub boats 20 feet (6.1 m) long with a load capacity of 5 tons. Twin railway tracks were laid down the incline. The tub boats ascended and...
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British river cargo boat Spud barge Tank barge Thames sailing barge – Type of commercial sailing boat Tub boat – Canal cargo boat Vehicular barge Whaleback...
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were hanged near the present Tesco roundabout. The Chard Canal was a tub boat canal built between 1835 and 1842. Chard Branch Line was created in 1860...
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Grand Western Canal (section Boat lifts)
for tub boats (which were about 20 feet (6 m) long and capable of carrying eight tons) opened in 1839. It included an inclined plane and seven boat lifts...
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Tarai-bune (redirect from Tub-turned Boat)
tarai-bune (Japanese: たらい舟), or tub-turned boat, is a traditional Japanese fishing boat originally made from half a barrel or large tub. They were formerly used...
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pioneered the building of tub boat canals, and inventive solutions for coping with hilly terrain, which included tub boat lifts and inclined planes....
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away to enter Paris from the north; at one time the two were linked by a "tub-boat" inclined plane near Meaux. Haute-Marne (52): Langres, Chaumont, Saint-Dizier...
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The Shropshire Canal was a tub boat canal built to supply coal, ore and limestone to the industrial region of east Shropshire, England, that adjoined the...
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Kahnhebehaus (tub boat lift house) Kahnhebehaus Großvoigtsberg, also known as Christbescherunger Kahnhebehaus Henrichenburg boat lift Niederfinow boat lift Rothensee...
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The Tub (1886) is a pastel artwork by Impressionist artist, Edgar Degas (1834–1917). It is currently housed in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Moving away...
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The Chard Canal was a 13.5 miles (21.7 km) tub boat canal in Somerset, England, that ran from the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal at Creech St. Michael, over...
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that turns urine into drinking water (SNAKE OIL); "Spacruzzi" luxury hot tub boat (REAL) "My-Glo" lighting lamps made from mushrooms (REAL); "Don't Waste...
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Christoff in Madness Combat Jebus, the pointed bow leader of the Tom Pudding tub boats Jebusite, a Canaanite tribe that inhabited Jerusalem prior to the conquest...
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Patrol Boat, Riverine, or PBR, is the United States Navy designation for a small rigid-hulled patrol boat used in the Vietnam War from March 1966 until...
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Canals of the United Kingdom (section Boat lifts)
of the Shrewsbury Canal) Tub boats (used on various canals including the Bude Canal and the Grand Western Canal) White boats (on Aire and Calder Navigation;...
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cycloalkane owing to the existence of many conformers of comparable energy". The boat-chair conformation (below) is the most stable form. This conformation was...
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Tom Pudding (category Boat types)
Tom Pudding was the name given to the tub boats on the Aire and Calder Navigation, introduced in 1863 and used until 1985, which were a very efficient...
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canals were built in the area of what is now Telford. These canals carried tub boats. The first of these was the Donnington Wood Canal which opened in 1768...
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towed to Big Tub Harbour in the Georgian Bay of Lake Huron, where it sank in September 1885. The remains of Sweepstakes lie in Big Tub Harbour, in the...
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The Ketley Canal was a tub boat canal that ran for about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Oakengates to Ketley works in Shropshire, England. The canal was built...
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Bathtub racing (redirect from Bathtub boat)
bathtub boats are monohull planer types with outboard motors. A form resembling a roll-top tub must be an integral part of the structure. Most tubbers make...
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Middlewich, leaving 15 to 20 boats stranded on a 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) stretch between Wardle Lock and Stanthorne Lock. One boat close to the 12 metres (39 ft)...
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tramroad to Pidcock's Canal which brought materials down to the wharves by tub-boat. In the 1960s imported wood was still being brought in by barge from Avonmouth...
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The Wombridge Canal was a tub-boat canal in Shropshire, England, built to carry coal and iron ore from mines in the area to the furnaces where the iron...
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