Tom Pudding

Tom Pudding was a lighter type for the transport of coal.

History

The Light type has been developed by the English engineer William H. Bartholomew for the Aire and Calder Navigation. It was used from 1863 to 1986 to transport coal through the newly opened channel of Knottingley at the mining sites in Stanley Ferry, South Yorkshire for about 50 kilometers away, Goole. With an enlarged 150 -ton type, the plant was supplied in Ferrybridge coal later.

Description

The Tom Pudding Light was a rectangular shipping container for about 40 tons of coal, which was moved in the association. Initially pimped one of six units in succession with a pointed front part to an association. Later, even up to 38 units were assembled into a pushed convoy. The association was powered by either a pusher or a tractor. The individual transport containers were pulled at the destination with a lighter lift out of the water and dumped directly into the ocean vessel. This one saved the unloading with a crane.

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• Description of the Tom Pudding transport (English)
• Description of Tom Pudding History ( English)