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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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    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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    Historic narrowboat Stour at the Black Country Living Museum...
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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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  • 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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  • American river excursion steamboat President (narrowboat), a preserved English, steam-powered narrowboat HMS President, the name of several British ships...
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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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    Historic narrowboat Birchills at the Black Country Living Museum...
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    canal system the term 'barge' was not used to describe narrowboats and widebeams. Narrowboats and widebeams are still used on canals, now engine-powered...
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    Historic narrowboat Bessie at the Black Country Living Museum...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Butty may refer to: Butty boat, a type of narrowboat Julius Butty, Canadian record producer The Butties, a cover band A sandwich...
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  • until 23 July 2004. Rosie and Jim are two rag dolls who live aboard a narrowboat called the Ragdoll, which is from Birmingham. There, they sit with a concertina...
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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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    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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    The confluence of the Rivers Thames and Brent. The narrowboat is heading up the River Brent. From this point as far as Hanwell the Brent has been canalised...
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  • boat Monitor Motorboat Motor Launch (naval) Mini Gascogna Top of page Narrowboat Naval ship Nordland Norfolk wherry Top of page Oiler (ship) Optimist Outrigger...
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    Shropshire on the Montgomery Canal. Maria is Britain's oldest surviving wooden narrowboat, built in 1854 by Jinks Boatyard in Marple, and was never converted to...
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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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    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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  • 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...
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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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    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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    Harland & Wolff (category Narrowboat builders)
    Harland & Wolff is a British shipbuilding and fabrication company headquartered in London with sites in Belfast, Arnish, Appledore and Methil. It specialises...
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