Come now, I think somebody has already pointed out they are not barges in the photos but narrow boats.
Regarding putting old ships and boats in the docks it didn`t work with the warships in Birkenhead.
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Come now, I think somebody has already pointed out they are not barges in the photos but narrow boats.
Regarding putting old ships and boats in the docks it didn`t work with the warships in Birkenhead.
They're the ones without a brain ie invest in a log burning stove...it cost nothing to pick up wood on yer travels up and down the canal...wood that you can find anywhere and everywhere :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Waterways
Cramped my harse...if ya is 6ft then its not the thing for you.
I am just under 5' 11", so not for the averaged sized man.Quote:
Originally Posted by George
They are barges. The term narrowboat is to make them more acceptable. They carried coal and cargo.Quote:
Originally Posted by gregs dad
It did work in the East Float. They had to move as the area was being redeveloped. It was actually Wallasey the ships were in. Birkenhead/Wallasey is not Liverpool city centre which is a World Heritage Site and receives 1000s of tourists. The place the ships were at was not attractive at all.
Back to the prime point. The inland canal barges are out of place in deep water World Heritage Site city centre docks, precluding deep water ships. Look at what the WHS was awarded for. This is not in-keeping with the contract with the UN (UNESCO).
As I have stated, I think excavating Harrington and Toxteth Docks is ideal for these barges, leaving the prime city centre docks for historic and visiting deep water vessels.
I am not against them, they not suitable in the city centre WHS docks.
The term narrow boat has been around since the 18th century when they were made to navigate the locks and their beam could not exceed 7 foot anything over was a barge. Barges were used on rivers and docks and some canals nearly always being towed by horses or tugs.Narrow boats were used as public transport in some places such as the "Wigan Flyer" which plied the canals. In the early days they also carried mail.The modern ones we see now started about 1970`s with their steel hulls and fibreglass fittings
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Burn wood inside a canal barge? That is looking for trouble and death.Quote:
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Taken from a Narrowboat enthusiast site...Quote:
Originally Posted by Waterways
Heating bills - well some coal perhaps. We use about two 25kg bags of coal per week (approx ?10) in winter. This cost can be reduced by burning wood (fallen trees / branches found on the cut), the cost being only a bit of sweat - personally I'm too lazy to bother.
Now if their burning coal on NB's do you reckon they make a fire in the floor of the boat. :rolleyes:
Having a log burning stove on a NB is no different than having one in a brick house.
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Finally got out for a walk on the canal at Sandhills to town after all the bad weather then a pint in the Midland
Thanks for the updates Joe :)
OK, silly question, why is the canal closed?
There was no work going on that day, the only thing I can think of is possibly because of the locks being iced over and they haven`t got around to removing the fencing.
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Brewery Lane bridge at Melling
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Turning point on the canal ,a bit overgrown at the moment at Melling
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A lonely walk on the canal at Melling
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Holme`s bridge at Melling
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New houses on the site of the old B I cables factory at Aintree
Took these on saturday before the snow.
Nice one Joe.
Outstanding pictures and a valuable contribution to Yo. They certainly keep me coming back.
Beautiful pictures of the canal , thank you for posting these .
Stunning pictures Joe!
You never disappoint me with the quality Of your pics Joe , Thank you ! I had a boat in my youth which I took on the canal you showed ,very nostalgic memories . Ron , N.Z.
The canal gets better the more north you go!:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
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So that `s what the fencing was for they were working on the locks today, Some of the basins still had enough water for the ducks.
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Looking along the canal in the Clarence to the Waterloo dock
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The canal turn before the Waterloo dock
Nice one Joe.
Initially I was sickened by what they were doing to my old tramping ground in that area ,but it is beginning to grow on me ,sadly the next generation will never be able to conceive what it was like originally or the historical ambience that existed previously when I & my grandfather worked & sailed from those docks or the thousands of migrants that boarded vessels in the Waterloo Dock to leave for a better life in the colonies . Ron
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Went collecting blackberries in the Stanley lock took a few pics
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Narrow boat Delfry, registered in Bristol, emerges from the Princes dock tunnel
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Passes in front of the graces into another tunnel
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Turn to port in front of the new museum
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Entering the museum tunnel to the Canning dock
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A stroll on the canal at Bootle
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Boundary bridge taken this monday one side colour the other B & W
Nice pics Joe! I'm amazed at the clarity of your photo's, you must have a great lens, camera, etc., or is it just your technique?:PDT11
Thanks for your kind comments Norman. With modern digital cameras with their image stabilisers it`s hard to get camera shake which used to be the ruin of sharp pictures.Quote:
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Here`s an example taken by my grandaughter,aged 11, of a fly on her arm with just one hand on the camera,a camera costing £59.which I bought her.
Well done 'whipper-snapper', the lesser housefly methinks...
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Thanks for reply joe, I use a Sony DSC -S75 cybershot digital , but I can't get the clarity that you, (and your young-un's) achieve! perhaps it is camera shake on my part eh! goin to look at getting a new Lumix with a Leica lens so may be better in future!
You mean the first photo at the begining of this thread ?Quote:
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Vauxhall bridge opened by Cockney Cilla in 1994 must be one of the newest canal bridges
Sibert House is the scaffold in the pic