Tub boat

The Tub- boat (on German about: Pan - boat) was a kind of Light, so a cargo boat without traction, which was used for inland navigation in the former British channels.

The British tub - boats were usually 6 m ( 19.7 ft) long and 2 m ( 6.6 ft) wide and could usually take 3 to 5 British tons of cargo, although some larger draft of up to 8 tonnes of British load had.

The most important advantage of the tub - boats was their flexibility. They could be taken into associations of three to ten or more boats, first with horses and later with steam tractors, with the number of boats in the association varied according to the nature of the charge.

You might be better lifted than large boats and boat lifts and hoists have been developed as an alternative to lock systems, particularly in or near mines or similar industrial plants. In a lock or an elevator, the association could be easily dissolved and then reassembled.

Due to their small size and relatively small channels could be built. This so saved considerable costs in times when there were no mechanical excavator.

The first use of the tub - boats in the UK was in the Bridgewater Canal. Further matches were held in the Shropshire Union Canal and the Canal Bude.

Two Tub boats are in the open-air museum Blists Hill Victorian Town, a division of the UNESCO World Heritage Site with its museum complex Ironbridge, visited.

In later years were larger versions of the tub - boats, called Tom Pudding, used on the Aire and Calder navigation path.

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