12 oar CID: INLANDW.261 TID: INLANDW.10 USE: coxed twelve DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 12+ CID: INLANDW.261 TID: INLANDW.11 USE: coxed twelve DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 2 foot punt CID: INLANDW.866 TID: INLANDW.1 USE: semi-racer punt DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 2+ CID: INLANDW.260 TID: INLANDW.2 USE: coxed pair DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 2- CID: INLANDW.263 TID: INLANDW.3 USE: coxless pair DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 4 oar (coxed) CID: INLANDW.259 TID: INLANDW.4 USE: coxed four DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 4 oar (coxless) CID: INLANDW.262 TID: INLANDW.5 USE: coxless four DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 4+ CID: INLANDW.259 TID: INLANDW.6 USE: coxed four DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 4- CID: INLANDW.262 TID: INLANDW.7 USE: coxless four DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 8 oar CID: INLANDW.258 TID: INLANDW.8 USE: coxed eight DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 8+ CID: INLANDW.258 TID: INLANDW.9 USE: coxed eight DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Aberdeenshire Canal boat CID: INLANDW.12 TID: SN: Specific design for Aberdeenshire Canal, maximium size 57ft x 9ft. Little known. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 above decks watercraft component CID: INLANDW.13 TID: SN: Not to be used for indexing. Use a more specific term. The top edge of the highest deck on the vessel is the division between above and below decks. BT: watercraft component NT: back cabin back end rail beam (narrow boat) bed hole box mast bulkhead buttstrap cabin frame cabin slide cants chock (boat component) coaming cratch cratch board (horizontal) deck beam (narrow boat) deck board deck cloth deck lid deck plate deckspace dolly engine 'ole engine 'ole slide false cratch float (component) fore cabin gimbal girder chain girder strings gunwhale hawse eye hawse plate hawse timber headledge knee strings margin plank mast modesty flap plank (boat component) ram's head rigging rudder stock sidecloth strings sidecloths soap hole spar stanchion stand stay stem bar stem iron stempost sternpost swan's neck T stud table cupboard table flap tiller tiller bar tippet toe rail top cloth top cloth strings top timber tumblehome tunnel hook uprights ventilator DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Adelphi Canal boat CID: INLANDW.14 TID: SN: 1.5 ton boat, shape and size unknown, used on Adelphi Canal in Calow, Derbyshire in conjunction with the Adelphi Works. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 admiral class boat CID: INLANDW.15 TID: SN: Six pairs of boats built by Isaac Pimblott and Sons Ltd of Northwich and W.J. Yarwood of Northwich between 1957-60 for British Waterways North Western Division Southern Carrying Fleet. They were all named after former Admirals of the fleet. BT: narrow boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 adze CID: INLANDW.16 TID: SN: A tool with a long wooden handle and curved blade at right angles to the handle, used for chopping and shaping wood. BT: forming equipment woodworking equipment NT: carpenter's adze shipwright's adze DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 aft cockpit cruiser CID: INLANDW.17 TID: SN: Motor cruiser steered from the stern; type is popular with fishermen. BT: motor cruiser DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Aire and Calder compartment boat CID: INLANDW.18 TID: SN: They were developed for the Aire and Calder Navigation by P.H. Bartholomew and in use from 1865 until 1987. They are rectangular boxes 21ft x 15ft x 8ft drawing 6ft 6in with 35 tons, loading up to 40 tons. They were initially pushed in groups of 6 by a tug with a dummy bow. During the Twentieth Century most trains were towed with 19 boats (up to 30) linked. They were lifted out of the water to unload. UF: pan Tom Pudding BT: transport RT: jebus DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 aluminium boat CID: INLANDW.19 TID: SN: A boat whose main construction material is aluminium. BT: transport DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Ampton boat CID: INLANDW.469 TID: INLANDW.20 USE: Hampton boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 anchor CID: INLANDW.21 TID: SN: Devices dropped to the bottom of a body of water or to land and designed to bury themselves there in order to restrict the movement of watercraft or other floating objects. UF: ship's anchor BT: boat equipment NT: grapnel anchor kedge anchor mushroom anchor rond anchor stockless anchor DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 anchor lamp CID: INLANDW.22 TID: SN: Cylindrical hanging lamp fastened with side rings for running up the mast or hung from the fore stay or a similar wire. Robustly constructed in brass tin or galvanised iron. Lens glass is fully circular either globe type or dioptric pattern. Wire glass protectors usually run from oil reservoir to upper body of lamp. BT: ship's lamp RT: fore stay not under command lamp DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 anchor windlass CID: INLANDW.23 TID: SN: Hand or mechanical winch used to raise or lower the anchor of a vessel. BT: cargo handling system component ship's windlass DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 angle furnace CID: INLANDW.24 TID: SN: A special furnace used to heat frames for iron or steel boats before they are shaped on a bending block. BT: boatbuilding equipment RT: bending block DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 anser pin CID: INLANDW.25 TID: SN: Metal bolt fitted through the hull side of a narrow boat to carry the tunnel hooks. BT: pin RT: tunnel hook DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 anvil CID: INLANDW.26 TID: SN: Heavy, usually steel or iron blocks on which metal is shaped by hand hammering or forging. BT: blacksmith's equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 apron (boat component) CID: INLANDW.27 TID: SN: The inner timber of the stempost. BT: below decks watercraft component RT: deadwood keel (boat component) keelson stempost sternpost DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 apron (costume) CID: INLANDW.28 TID: SN: Aprons worn by late Nineteenth Century/early Twentieth Century boatwomen with a long front and no bib, some buttoned at the back and/or secured with a belt at the waist. UF: bib pinafore pinner BT: costume DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Arbury Canal boat CID: INLANDW.29 TID: SN: Size and shape unknown. UF: Newdigate Canal boat BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Arisaig Canal boat CID: INLANDW.30 TID: SN: Locals recall a boat used on this artificial waterway connecting Loch Nan Eala with Arisaig Bay. Details not yet known. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Arun barge CID: INLANDW.31 TID: SN: Small Thames barges capable of using the Wey and Arun Canal and River Wey to the Thames. Size varied depending on where they traded. The boats were 12ft beam and 40ft to 70ft long and carried around 20 tons. The decks were clear of objects because of low bridge heights on the Wey and Arun Canal. Larger Arun Barges used the River below Arundel. BT: Thames barge RT: Thames sailing barge DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 auger CID: INLANDW.32 TID: SN: Hand tools with a long steel staff up to 2 inches diameter, used with a wood cross handle sometimes loose, used for boring holes in wood. Covers various patent patterns. BT: drilling equipment RT: platelayer's brace DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Aylsham Navigation wherry CID: INLANDW.33 TID: SN: A small Norfolk wherry, built to the size of the Aylsham Navigation. 12 ft 6 ins x 3 ft 6 ins max. BT: Norfolk wherry DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 BACAT barge CID: INLANDW.34 TID: SN: Barges designed to work with BACAT ship. BT: transport NT: one hundred and forty ton barge three hundred and seventy ton barge DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 BACAT ship CID: INLANDW.35 TID: SN: A ship designed to carry 10 x one hundred and forty ton barges and 3 x three hundred and seventy ton barges. BACAT stands for Barge Aboard Catamaran BT: transport DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 back band CID: INLANDW.36 TID: SN: Wide leather strap across the spine of the horse forming the main support for the trace chains or bobbin traces. BT: equine equipment equine powered propulsion system component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 back cabin CID: INLANDW.37 TID: SN: A canal narrow boat term describing the cabin at the stern of the boat in which the crew lived. BT: above decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 back end rail CID: INLANDW.38 TID: SN: A curved metal bar, carrying a sliding metal ring, fitted across the front end of the engineroom of a canal narrow boat, often used to attach mooring lines. BT: above decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 back flap CID: INLANDW.39 TID: SN: A type of hinge which allows hinged parts to sit back to back with no gap. Used in narrow boat cabins. BT: fastener RT: table flap DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 back stay CID: INLANDW.40 TID: SN: A rope or wire running from the head of a mast towards the stern of a vessel to support the mast. BT: stay DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bag hook CID: INLANDW.41 TID: SN: A single, curved metal hook with a short wooden handle, designed to fit easily in the hand for moving bags or sacks. UF: docker's hook hand hook sack hook BT: hook NT: double bag hook DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bailer CID: INLANDW.42 TID: SN: Shallow water container with a short wooden handle; kept on the roof of the stern cabin when not in use beside mop and water can. Sold as bailers for small watercraft from chandlers and adapted for use as 'dippers' on narrow boats. Corn scoops bought from ironmongers also adapted for this use. BT: boat equipment boat maintenance equipment RT: dipper DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bale boat CID: INLANDW.43 TID: SN: Canal flat with a wide deck designed to carry cotton on the Rochdale Canal. BT: Rochdale flat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bale hook CID: INLANDW.44 TID: SN: A mechanical device with two points which is used with chains for lifting bales. BT: hook DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 ballard CID: INLANDW.45 TID: SN: A type of ice breaking boat invented by Stephen Ballard in 1838 on the Hereford and Gloucester Canal. It involved a shovel type device being used to break the ice from below. BT: ice breaker DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bank boat CID: INLANDW.775 TID: INLANDW.46 USE: punt DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bank tub CID: INLANDW.47 TID: SN: A floating box with sliding seat and outrigger tethered to the bank and used for technique coaching. BT: training craft DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Bantock boat CID: INLANDW.48 TID: SN: Boat with iron sides wooden bottoms but also single wooden side strake built up from the bottoms. BT: Birmingham day boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 barge CID: INLANDW.49 TID: SN: A craft with a boat shaped bow and with flat (transom) rounded or pointed sterns. Almost all 14 feet wide or wider, the length can vary considerably. UF: wide boat BT: cargo vessel NT: barges designed to work in multiple units float (boat) keel (boat) Lancaster Canal boat Leeds and Liverpool craft lighter luff barge Mersey barge Mersey flat Norfolk wherry North Eastern barge River Severn craft Scottish barge Thames barge western barge RT: narrow boat toe rail DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 barge pole CID: INLANDW.50 TID: SN: Pole used for propelling or fending off a barge by pushing with the pole against a fixed point. Could have a variety of ends. Has a thicker diameter than a boat shaft. BT: boat equipment human powered propulsion system component RT: quant rypek DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 barge pot CID: INLANDW.641 TID: INLANDW.51 USE: Measham teapot DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 barges designed to work in multiple units CID: INLANDW.52 TID: SN: Use a more specific term. BT: barge NT: Fen lighter gang lighter Stour lighter DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bargeware CID: INLANDW.641 TID: INLANDW.53 USE: Measham teapot DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Barnsley keel CID: INLANDW.54 TID: SN: Variation of the Humber keel, trading to Barnsley. Size 70ft x 14ft 6 inches. BT: Humber keel DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 barrel pump CID: INLANDW.55 TID: SN: A pump designed to fit into the bung hole of a barrel and pump it out. BT: pump DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Basingstoke barge CID: INLANDW.56 TID: SN: Like Wey Barges they were non-sailing Thames barges, 72ft 6in x 13ft 10in and carrying 80 tons on the River Thames, 50 tons on the Canal, less above Basingstoke. The last barge was built in 1935 ceasing trading in 1967. There were two main types 'odd'ns' used for day work with no cabin and 'reso's' with a cabin. BT: Thames barge DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bastard boat CID: INLANDW.57 TID: SN: Barge size but constructed in the style of narrow boats,a general term but specifically applied to the type operated on the Bridgewater Canal, Rochdale Canal and the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 BCN boat CID: INLANDW.85 TID: INLANDW.58 USE: Birmingham day boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 BCN boat number plate CID: INLANDW.59 TID: SN: Metal plate, indicating the gauging number of a craft on the BCN (Birmingham Canal Navigations). Early examples are oval with chiselled numbers from iron plate. Later examples in cast iron, three designs. BT: boat plate DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 beam (narrow boat) CID: INLANDW.60 TID: SN: Thick wooden planks 11 inches wide by 2 inches, set across the width of the hull of a narrow boat at gunwhale level to provide rigidity to the hull. They have cut out slots and notches to support the stands and mast. BT: above decks watercraft component RT: girder chain mast running planks stand DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 beater CID: INLANDW.638 TID: INLANDW.61 USE: maul DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bed hole CID: INLANDW.62 TID: SN: A cupboard space in a canal narrow boat cabin having a door which drops down to a horizontal position to form the base of a bed in the cabin. BT: above decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bellows CID: INLANDW.63 TID: SN: Instruments or machines that produce a strong current of air by expansion or contraction of an air chamber, usually used to fan a fire in a hearth. BT: blacksmith's equipment founding equipment heating equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 belly band CID: INLANDW.64 TID: SN: Narrow leather strap with buckle fastener fitting under the ribcage of the horse, preventing the back band from lifting. UF: girth strap BT: equine equipment equine powered propulsion system component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 below decks watercraft component CID: INLANDW.65 TID: SN: Not to be used for indexing. Use a more specific term. The top edge of the highest deck on the vessel is the division between above and below decks. BT: watercraft component NT: apron (boat component) belting bilge plate bilges bosom bar bottom board bulkhead buttstrap carling coffin plate deadwood floor frame futtocks grounds guard iron gusset hatches hog hold ice plates keel (boat component) keel bar keelson knee long board mast step oxter plate pillar plank (boat component) pump box rib rudder shearing shell plate shutts skin plank slide stealer stem bar stem iron stempost stern cupboard sternpost stopwater strake T pump thwart tumblehome DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 belt CID: INLANDW.66 TID: SN: Flexible straps or bands generally encircling the waist or hips or passing over the shoulder and usually having some type of fastener, such as a buckle; worn for decoration, support, or to carry such items as weapons, tools, or money. BT: costume NT: spiders web belt DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 belting CID: INLANDW.67 TID: SN: The timber guard strips attached to larger vessels at deck level to protect from impact and abrasion. BT: below decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bench shears CID: INLANDW.68 TID: SN: Large shears used in sheet metal work typically having one handle bent to go into a hole in the top of the workbench so that they rest on the surface when in use. BT: metalworking equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bending block CID: INLANDW.69 TID: SN: A large iron casting punctured with square or round holes. On it vessels' frames are bent to shape, following the curve of the set iron, the frames are held by dogs, and the holes allow any shape to be manipulated. The frame bending is done by sledge or pneumatic hammers working on red-hot metal. BT: boatbuilding equipment RT: angle furnace DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bent iron CID: INLANDW.70 TID: SN: A caulking iron with a bend in it, used for reaching places that a straight iron cannot reach. BT: caulking iron DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 berthing tug CID: INLANDW.71 TID: SN: Manoeuvrable vessel used to put larger ships onto the correct berth or to turn them in small waterways. BT: tug DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 best and best punt CID: INLANDW.72 TID: SN: A single racing punt. BT: racing punt DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 best boat CID: INLANDW.73 TID: SN: Developed from the earlier wager boat. Lightweight with just sufficient room for a single occupant. Most best boats were of semicircular section, without a proper keel but with a type of fin placed aft of the sculler. The interior ends were lined with waterproof silk. After 1873 there was a sliding seat and full outriggers. BT: competitive craft human powered boat RT: wager whiff DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bevel CID: INLANDW.74 TID: SN: A tool marking a fixed angle other than 90 degrees. UF: bevel gauge BT: measuring equipment NT: boatbuilder's bevel DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bevel board CID: INLANDW.75 TID: SN: Used in wooden boatbuilding. Has the angle of bevel of each frame of the boat marked on it. BT: boatbuilding equipment measuring equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bevel gauge CID: INLANDW.74 TID: INLANDW.76 USE: bevel DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bib CID: INLANDW.28 TID: INLANDW.77 USE: apron (costume) DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bilge plate CID: INLANDW.78 TID: SN: Metal shell plate on a vessel which joins the sides to the bottom, often curved. BT: below decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bilge pump CID: INLANDW.79 TID: SN: Pump used to remove water from the bilges of a boat. Usually consisting of a long cylinder with a hand operated plunger. BT: boat equipment pump RT: bilges DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bilges CID: INLANDW.80 TID: SN: The lowest part of the internal spaces of a vessel, usually below the hold ceiling and cabin floor into which all leakage and rain water drains. BT: below decks watercraft component RT: bilge pump sounding rod DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 billy boy CID: INLANDW.81 TID: SN: Similar to keels in construction but much larger. Billy boys traded all over the North Sea and had more developed sailing rigs than both sloops and keels. Often clinker built in construction. BT: keel (boat) DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 binnacle CID: INLANDW.896 TID: INLANDW.82 USE: ship's binnacle DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Birkenhead flat CID: INLANDW.83 TID: SN: Used on the Mersey but not on the Bridgewater Canal as they were too big to go up Runcorn locks. BT: canal flat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Birmingham Canals tub boat CID: INLANDW.84 TID: SN: A British Waterways experimental design of 1957. Capacity up to 4 tons. BT: tub boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Birmingham day boat CID: INLANDW.85 TID: SN: Double ended and either open or with a simple cabin they retain the simplicity of design of the original Worsley mine boats. Built in wood, iron or steel or a combination they vary in size and capacity according to builder, company or cargo specification. The maximum size of a day boat using locks was 71ft 6in x 7ft 2in and loading 40 tons on a draught of 3ft 10in. UF: BCN boat joey boat BT: narrow boat NT: Bantock boat box cabin boat double ender Hampton boat hotholer round sterned day boat Rowley ragger station boat (Birmingham) tube boat RT: open boat open day boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bit CID: INLANDW.86 TID: SN: An interchangeable tool used chiefly for boring holes, designed to be fitted into a brace. They fit into the brace with either a short, square tapered tang or have a flat tang for insertion into a wooden pad or the foot of a wooden brace. BT: drilling equipment RT: shipwright's brace DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bittern CID: INLANDW.87 TID: SN: A class of sailing dinghies 11.5 feet long, designed for the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads by Leslie Landamore. BT: recreational craft sail propelled boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bitts CID: INLANDW.88 TID: SN: Pairs of posts on the deck of a ship for fastening mooring lines or cables. BT: ship's equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 black boat CID: INLANDW.1046 TID: INLANDW.89 USE: tanker boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 blacksmith's equipment CID: INLANDW.91 TID: SN: Equipment used as part of a blacksmith's regular work. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: forming and shaping equipment metalworking equipment NT: anvil bellows branding iron cold chisel cold set flattener fuller hardie hot chisel hot set leg vice mandrel nail header portable forge round punch set hammer square punch swage swage block tue iron DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 blinkers CID: INLANDW.92 TID: SN: Leather eye shades forming part of the headgear of the horse to prevent distraction by restricting vision to forwards only. Often decorated with brass with company name. UF: winkers BT: equine equipment equine powered propulsion system component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 blopping board CID: INLANDW.93 TID: SN: Board fitted from the coaming top to the gunwhale of keels to enable stones to be slid over the side. BT: cargo handling system component RT: coaming gunwhale DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 blue top CID: INLANDW.94 TID: SN: A narrow boat with blue fibreglass hold covers Originally River class boats but some other narrow boats used the blue top hold covers and were refered to under the overall name. BT: narrow boat transport RT: river class boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 blunt iron CID: INLANDW.870 TID: INLANDW.95 USE: set iron DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boat equipment CID: INLANDW.96 TID: SN: Covers equipment found primarily on craft designed for use on inland waterways. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: tools and equipment NT: anchor bailer barge pole bilge pump boat hook (attachment) boat lighting equipment boat plate boat shaft bollard bottle stove cabin block cabin mop cabin stool coal box crochet lace dipper fender hand bowl handspike oar paddle rally plaque ribbon plate ropework runner shackle stower strop water barrel windlass DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boat hook (attachment) CID: INLANDW.97 TID: SN: A hooked metal implement which fits onto the end of a shaft to form a boat hook (shaft). BT: boat equipment RT: boat hook (shaft) DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boat hook (shaft) CID: INLANDW.98 TID: SN: A boat shaft with a hooked end (sometimes a double hook) or a spike. BT: boat shaft NT: handy billy RT: boat hook (attachment) DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boat jack CID: INLANDW.99 TID: SN: Special jack used in boatyards to raise inland waterways craft. BT: boatbuilding equipment lifting equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boat lighting equipment CID: INLANDW.100 TID: SN: Lighting devices used on inland waterways craft having a vessel to contain the source of illumination, such as grease or oil; also those that have a separate energy source to which they are connected, such as gas or electricity. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: boat equipment NT: cabin lamp engine room lamp globe lamp tunnel lamp DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boat maintenance equipment CID: INLANDW.101 TID: SN: Equipment used in the ongoing maintenance of inland waterways craft. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: maintenance and repairing equipment NT: bailer DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boat plate CID: INLANDW.102 TID: SN: An identifying plate with a name or number, used on inland waterways craft. UF: boat registration plate BT: boat equipment NT: BCN boat number plate Glamorganshire Canal boat number plate Thames boat number plate DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boat registration plate CID: INLANDW.102 TID: INLANDW.103 USE: boat plate DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boat repair equipment CID: INLANDW.104 TID: SN: Equipment and materials used for remedial repair work on inland waterways craft. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: maintenance and repairing equipment NT: caulking equipment chalico pitch tar DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boat shaft CID: INLANDW.105 TID: SN: Shaft used on canal narrow boats for pushing off, hooking on or propelling the vessel. Of smaller diameter than a barge pole. BT: boat equipment NT: boat hook (shaft) cabin shaft DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boat weighing machine CID: INLANDW.106 TID: SN: Three such machines were built to weigh loaded boats as part of the gauging process. They worked as inverted weighbridges. BT: weighing equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boatbuilder's adze CID: INLANDW.889 TID: INLANDW.107 USE: shipwright's adze DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boatbuilder's bevel CID: INLANDW.108 TID: SN: A straight stock with an adjustable blade which can be set as required for testing and setting out workpieces to an angle. A boatbuilder's bevel usually has a hardwood stock, approx 12 inches long and has a long and a short blade slotted in at either end. BT: bevel boatbuilding equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boatbuilder's chisel CID: INLANDW.109 TID: SN: A strong all iron chisel with a parallel blade from 0.75 to 2 inches wide. BT: boatbuilding equipment shipwright's chisel DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boatbuilder's cramp CID: INLANDW.110 TID: SN: A large G cramp, often sold as coachbuilder's cramps but in common usage in boatyards. BT: boatbuilding equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boatbuilding equipment CID: INLANDW.111 TID: SN: Equipment in common use when constructing inland waterways craft. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: construction equipment NT: angle furnace bending block bevel board boat jack boatbuilder's bevel boatbuilder's chisel boatbuilder's cramp bostocks carpenter's adze caulking equipment futtock saw game block gouge pitch ladle pitch mop plate furnace rove bunter saw scrieve board shearing hammer tar boiler timber dog tup DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boatman's belt CID: INLANDW.963 TID: INLANDW.112 USE: spiders web belt DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boatwoman's bonnet CID: INLANDW.113 TID: SN: Elaborate bonnet adapted from design of other working women's bonnets in mid Nineteenth Century. Made from cotton fabric with stiff brims formed by rows of corded quilting and with the main part of the bonnet formed by alternate rows of frilled tucks. A horse shoe shaped piece of material shaped it to the back of the head with a 'curtain' of material covering the neck. Sometimes edged with crochet lace and streamers of fabric. Had strings so that it could be tied under the chin. Also worn by children (less elaborate.) BT: costume DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bobbin CID: INLANDW.114 TID: SN: Spherical or barrel shaped roller threaded onto a ring used to assist the travel of booms or gaffs up and down masts. BT: mast and spar component RT: boom gaff mast DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bobbins CID: INLANDW.115 TID: SN: Spherical or barrel shaped hard wood rollers, threaded onto traces to prevent rubbing on the horse's flanks and to prevent damage to the harness from bridges. UF: rollers spoles BT: equine equipment equine powered propulsion system component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 body drag CID: INLANDW.116 TID: SN: Three hooks joined together on a bar used to drag bodies out of the canal. BT: holding and gripping equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bollard CID: INLANDW.117 TID: SN: A short post on a deck or on a waterside (usually metal), used for securing ropes. BT: boat equipment docking equipment ship's equipment NT: bollard cleat ship's bollard DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bollard cleat CID: INLANDW.118 TID: SN: A T shaped bollard which removes the need to use a knot. BT: bollard docking equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bolt CID: INLANDW.119 TID: SN: Small metal rods used as fastener, having a head and often helical threading and being usually secured by a nut or riveting. BT: fastener NT: deck bolt eye bolt DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bolt rope CID: INLANDW.120 TID: SN: Rope which is sewn all around the edge of a sail. BT: sail component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boning rod CID: INLANDW.121 TID: SN: A T shaped stake used when sighting levels and falls in excavations. BT: surveying equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boom CID: INLANDW.122 TID: SN: Long spar of wood or metal, usually circular in cross section, to which the lower edge of the sail is fastened. BT: mast and spar component RT: bobbin spar DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boomie CID: INLANDW.123 TID: SN: Vessels related to Thames barges but with booms, a rig designed for larger sea passages. Nearly all were large barges based on East coast ports schooners with the bottoms cut off. BT: Thames barge DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bosom bar CID: INLANDW.124 TID: SN: Steel bar, often angle, used to both join and reinforce the joint - usually in the chine and gunwhale angles on narrow boats. BT: below decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bostocks CID: INLANDW.125 TID: SN: Used to support a narrow boat on a slipway. Approximately 9 feet long, placed across the bottoms at the fore end and stern. Have a rounded foot resting on a block. BT: boatbuilding equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bottle screw CID: INLANDW.804 TID: INLANDW.126 USE: rigging screw DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bottle stove CID: INLANDW.127 TID: SN: Bottle-shaped cast iron stove widely used for heating in stern cabins of narrow boats; were eventually replaced by a patent heating and cooking range with side ovens. BT: boat equipment heating equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bottom board CID: INLANDW.128 TID: SN: Wooden board used as the bottom of a narrow boat, usually laid across the width of the boat ('athwartships'). BT: below decks watercraft component NT: cross board RT: tup DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bottom fuller CID: INLANDW.129 TID: SN: A shaping tool, triangular in shape but with a blunt edge for reducing the thickness of the metal when struck. A bottom fuller would be inserted into an anvil for use in conjunction with a top fuller. BT: fuller DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bottom swage CID: INLANDW.130 TID: SN: A swage fitted into the anvil to shape metal from below. BT: swage DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bow fender CID: INLANDW.131 TID: SN: Intricately made rope stem fender used on West Country boats or an intricately made rope stem fender for Yorkshire keels. UF: brighouse fender BT: fender DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bow hauled boat CID: INLANDW.132 TID: SN: A boat that is bow hauled is pulled by a person. BT: human powered boat transport DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 box boat CID: INLANDW.133 TID: SN: Box Boats are open, single ended craft 68ft x7ft carrying coal in boxes. Some were built with small day cabins. Variations included a shortened 60ft length for the Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal. Some boats ran without boxes to carry other cargoes.All but one were unpowered. UF: starver BT: narrow boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 box cabin boat CID: INLANDW.134 TID: SN: A day boat with a cabin. BT: Birmingham day boat transport DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 box mast CID: INLANDW.135 TID: SN: Complete assembly including a towing mast and mast box. BT: above decks watercraft component equine powered propulsion system component RT: mast pin top mast DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 boxed trow CID: INLANDW.136 TID: SN: Like an open moulded trow but with bulkheads and the sides of the cargo space raised to the height of the fore and aft bulwarks and the cargo space part covered with raised side decks, leaving a central hatch that was covered by boards and sheets. BT: trow DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 brail CID: INLANDW.137 TID: SN: Rope which gathers up a sail to furl it. BT: rigging component RT: brail winch DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 brail winch CID: INLANDW.138 TID: SN: Hand or mechanically driven drum to gather up the brail rope. BT: rigging component RT: brail DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 branding iron CID: INLANDW.139 TID: SN: Applied hot (heated in a fire) to a wooden object to burn an impression. BT: blacksmith's equipment marking equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 branding stamp CID: INLANDW.140 TID: SN: Applied with a hammer to wooden or metal objects, has sharp points to make an impression. BT: marking equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 breaker CID: INLANDW.141 TID: SN: Wooden water barrel for fresh drinking water mounted horizontally in a stand. Kept on deck. Fitted with draw off cock or with large plug at top to allow water to be removed with ladle. BT: ship's equipment RT: water barrel DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 breasting hook CID: INLANDW.1134 TID: INLANDW.142 USE: tunnel hook DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 breeching strings CID: INLANDW.560 TID: INLANDW.143 USE: knee strings DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bricklayer's flat CID: INLANDW.144 TID: SN: An unpowered low sided boat usually with a cabin for tools used for canal maintenance. BT: work flat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Bridgewater flat CID: INLANDW.145 TID: SN: Adaptation of the Mersey flat made for the owners and operators of the Bridgewater Canal, not a boat that a family would have lived aboard. UF: Duker flat BT: canal flat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Bridgwater barge CID: INLANDW.726 TID: INLANDW.146 USE: Parrett barge DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Bridgwater flatner CID: INLANDW.727 TID: INLANDW.147 USE: Parrett flatner DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bridle CID: INLANDW.148 TID: SN: System of head and face straps, forming attachment for the reins and bit. Incorportaes the blinkers. UF: head gear BT: equine equipment equine powered propulsion system component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 brighouse fender CID: INLANDW.131 TID: INLANDW.149 USE: bow fender DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Bristol Avon trow CID: INLANDW.151 TID: INLANDW.150 USE: Bristol barge DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Bristol barge CID: INLANDW.151 TID: SN: A wooden sailing vessel, related to a trow, with a single mast, particularly used in the stone trade of the Avon Gorge. UF: Bristol Avon trow stone barge BT: River Severn craft DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 broad boat CID: INLANDW.1210 TID: INLANDW.152 USE: Yorkshire keel DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Brunner CID: INLANDW.1167 TID: INLANDW.153 USE: Weaver packet DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Buckby can CID: INLANDW.1160 TID: INLANDW.154 USE: watercan DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bucket dredger CID: INLANDW.155 TID: SN: A dredger with a continuous chain of scoops working in a central well. BT: dredger DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Bude Canal tub boat CID: INLANDW.156 TID: SN: Tub boats 20ft x 5ft 6in x 2ft 9in carrying 4 or 5 tons. The majority were rectangular but a pointed bow was provided to lead each train which were steered by handspike from the second vessel. Bude Canal tub boats were provided with wheels to move them over the canal's inclines. BT: tub boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bulkhead CID: INLANDW.157 TID: SN: A vertical partition separating compartments on a vessel. BT: above decks watercraft component below decks watercraft component RT: bulkhead light DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bulkhead light CID: INLANDW.158 TID: SN: A lamp or lighting device fastened to a bulkhead, usually on a vessel. BT: lighting component RT: bulkhead DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bullseye CID: INLANDW.159 TID: SN: A hemispherical glass lens often fitted to the roof of a narrow boat. BT: lighting component RT: decklight DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 bunker lamp CID: INLANDW.160 TID: SN: Specialised oil lamp for illumination inside coal bunkers, boilers and between double hulls. Tinsmith made cone shaped oil reservoir with round wick burner in spout. Hanger hook of wire for suspension from pipes etc. BT: ship's lamp DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Burnturk tub boat CID: INLANDW.161 TID: SN: Tubs carrying from 2 to 10 tons, bow hauled from the bank. BT: tub boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Burton Boat Company Canal boat CID: INLANDW.162 TID: SN: The 1795 Staffordshire Register of Boats records boats specific to this waterway which linked the River Trent and the Trent and Mersey Canal. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 button CID: INLANDW.163 TID: SN: Leather or plastic sheath to prevent it slipping through the crutches; adjustable on modern oars. BT: human powered propulsion system component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 buttstrap CID: INLANDW.164 TID: SN: A metal plate which both joins and reinforces the join between a number of shell plates on a metal vessel. Usually of riveted construction. BT: above decks watercraft component below decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 butty boat CID: INLANDW.165 TID: SN: An unpowered or 'dumb' narrow boat pulled by a motor narrow boat. BT: narrow boat unpowered boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 butty tiller CID: INLANDW.166 TID: SN: The curved wooden lever fitted to the rudder of an unpowered narrow boat to provide steering leverage. BT: tiller DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cabin block CID: INLANDW.167 TID: SN: Wedge shaped block used to support the rear most running planks on a narrow boat. BT: boat equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cabin boat CID: INLANDW.168 TID: SN: Description for a long distance narrow boat with a living cabin- as referred to by day boatmen. BT: transport DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cabin frame CID: INLANDW.169 TID: SN: Timber structure providing the support and shape to a cabin (usually a canal narrow boat). BT: above decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cabin hand bowl CID: INLANDW.470 TID: INLANDW.170 USE: hand bowl DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cabin lamp CID: INLANDW.171 TID: SN: Small lamps for cabin illumination, either hanging or fixed to the wall, often oil lamps. BT: boat lighting equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cabin mop CID: INLANDW.172 TID: SN: An implement made of absorbent material fastened to a handle and used especially for cleaning cabin roof decks and floors. Probably available for general use from ironmongers but adapted for use on narrow boats. UF: spike mop BT: boat equipment cleaning equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cabin shaft CID: INLANDW.173 TID: SN: Short shaft placed on a narrow boat roof for use where a longer boat shaft is not needed. BT: boat shaft DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cabin slide CID: INLANDW.174 TID: SN: A wooden or metal shutter which slides on runners to cover the entrance opening in a cabin roof. BT: above decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cabin stool CID: INLANDW.175 TID: SN: Stool with rectangular top and lipped sides on the 2 longer sides. Solid sides down from 2 short ends with cut out curved triangular shape to form 2 legs. Usually decorated in the roses and castles style. Probably derived from painted kitchen stools sold in Victorian ironmongers. UF: narrow boat stool BT: boat equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 camping boat CID: INLANDW.176 TID: SN: A craft fitted for overnight accommodation usually under canvas, often a narrow boat hold fitted for camping use. BT: recreational craft DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 camping punt CID: INLANDW.177 TID: SN: Principally used on the River Thames. A punt hull with iron hoops holding a canvas cover and the internal seating converting to bed bases. BT: punt DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 can CID: INLANDW.1160 TID: INLANDW.178 USE: watercan DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Canadian canoe CID: INLANDW.179 TID: SN: Native North American canoe originally made of birch bark, propelled by single ended paddles. BT: canoe DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 canal construction equipment CID: INLANDW.180 TID: SN: Equipment designed for canal construction. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: construction equipment NT: grafting spade puddler DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 canal flat CID: INLANDW.181 TID: SN: Unrigged, non sailing flats working on canals and under tow. They were between 68 to 72 feet long and 13' 6 inches to 14' 9 inches wide. UF: cut flat BT: Mersey flat NT: Birkenhead flat Bridgewater flat Manchester flat Preston flat Rochdale flat Shropshire Union flat Weaver flat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 canal passenger boat CID: INLANDW.182 TID: SN: Boats designed and used for conveying passengers on inland waterways on a regular basis. BT: passenger vessel NT: long distance passenger boat market boat swift passenger boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 canal puffer CID: INLANDW.994 TID: INLANDW.183 USE: steam scow DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Cann Quarry tub boat CID: INLANDW.184 TID: SN: Size unknown. BT: tub boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 canoe CID: INLANDW.185 TID: SN: A boat pointed fore and aft in imitation of native North American craft, propelled by small paddles with circular blades. BT: human powered boat recreational craft NT: Canadian canoe collapsible canoe kayak Rob Roy DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cant frame CID: INLANDW.186 TID: SN: Frames at the bow and stern which are angled or 'canted' to the keel. BT: frame DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cants CID: INLANDW.187 TID: SN: Raised wooden edge to deck area on canal narrow boats. BT: above decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 carbon fibre boat CID: INLANDW.188 TID: SN: A boat whose main construction material is carbon fibre. BT: transport DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cargo handling equipment CID: INLANDW.189 TID: SN: Equipment used regularly in handling cargoes carried by waterway. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: handling equipment NT: derrick derrick pole hand grab hook sack beater sack chute skid sling strop wherry wheelbarrow DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cargo handling system component CID: INLANDW.190 TID: SN: Parts of a system used to handle waterway cargoes. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: system component NT: anchor windlass blopping board derrick pole gin block grab bucket stower tripping bucket winch DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cargo vessel CID: INLANDW.191 TID: SN: Vessel designed for carrying cargoes on inland waterways. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: transport craft NT: barge fly boat miscellaneous cargo craft types narrow boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cargo weighing equipment CID: INLANDW.192 TID: SN: Equipment used for weighing cargoes carried on inland waterways. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: weighing equipment NT: sack scales DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 carlin CID: INLANDW.195 TID: INLANDW.193 USE: carling DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 carline CID: INLANDW.195 TID: INLANDW.194 USE: carling DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 carling CID: INLANDW.195 TID: SN: Supports across the width of the boat for the deck and the beams supporting the hatchboards of a 'carlin hatch'. UF: carlin carline deck beam (carling) BT: below decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 carpenter's adze CID: INLANDW.196 TID: SN: Long handled adzes whose blade is beveled on the inside; later adzes have pins on the head which are used for driving spikes. BT: adze boatbuilding equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 carrying equipment CID: INLANDW.197 TID: SN: Equipment used for carrying in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: handling equipment NT: navvy's yoke ship's bucket DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 carvel built boat CID: INLANDW.198 TID: SN: A boat of a carvel construction with planks butting up to one another to give smooth sides to the boat. BT: transport DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cat's paw CID: INLANDW.472 TID: INLANDW.200 USE: hand grab DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 catcher CID: INLANDW.818 TID: INLANDW.199 USE: rond anchor DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 caulking box CID: INLANDW.201 TID: SN: A wooden box with a sliding lid used to hold caulking irons. There may be a ring at one end of the box which can fit over a caulking mallet so that the box can be carried over the shoulder. BT: caulking equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 caulking equipment CID: INLANDW.202 TID: SN: The equipment used to force and seal stranded oakum into the seams between planks on a wooden boat or ship. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: boat repair equipment boatbuilding equipment ship repair equipment shipbuilding equipment NT: caulking box caulking iron caulking mallet oakum oil box pitch ladle pitch mop DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 caulking hammer CID: INLANDW.205 TID: INLANDW.203 USE: caulking mallet DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 caulking iron CID: INLANDW.204 TID: SN: Steel tools usually with a large, thick, flat blade made as a single piece with a narrower handle and striking surface; used in conjunction with a caulking mallet to drive various materials into seams and crevices to make joints water and airtight. BT: caulking equipment NT: bent iron jerry iron making iron reaming iron set iron sharp iron spike iron trenail iron DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 caulking mallet CID: INLANDW.205 TID: SN: Long-headed wooden mallets used for driving caulking irons. The head is usually made of beech or lignum vitae. The ends of the head are usually circled with thick iron rings that can be moved back as the head wears down. UF: caulking hammer BT: caulking equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 ceiling plank CID: INLANDW.206 TID: SN: A plank which forms part of the lining or ceiling of the vessel's hold. BT: plank (boat component) DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Cemlyn Canal boat CID: INLANDW.207 TID: SN: Approximate size 29ft x 9ft. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 centre steering cruiser CID: INLANDW.208 TID: SN: Motor cruiser steered from about half way aft where a bridge deck separates two parts of the accommodation and provides good visibility. BT: motor cruiser DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 centre thwart CID: INLANDW.209 TID: SN: The seat in the centre of a rowing boat. BT: thwart DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 chain plate CID: INLANDW.210 TID: SN: A metal plate with a hole at its top, fastened vertically to the side of a vessel to form an anchoring point for standing rigging. BT: rigging component RT: deadeye lanyard DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 chalico CID: INLANDW.211 TID: SN: Mixture of gas tar, pitch, tallow, horse dung and horse or cow hair traditionally used by Midlands boatbuilders to treat the inside of the side planking on a boat, prior to the application of shearing. BT: boat repair equipment RT: shearing DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 channel clearance craft CID: INLANDW.212 TID: SN: Craft designed for clearing the channel on inland waterways. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: transport NT: dredger ice breaker ice clearer surface debris clearer weed cutting boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Chelmer barge CID: INLANDW.213 TID: SN: Barge type specific to the rivers Chelmer and Blackwater and limited to 2ft draught. Boats were 60ft x16ft carrying up to 27 tons. Both double ended and transom sterned types existed. The hold extended from a stern deck right through to the stern port. Wooden horse drawn craft replaced by powered steel craft in the 1950's. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types RT: steam barge DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Chesterfield Canal boat CID: INLANDW.214 TID: SN: Chesterfield Boats are very high in the hold and built with a pair of large wooden breast pieces said to stop them putting their nose under the waves on the River Trent on which they traded. Chesterfield boats often carried simple sailing gear similar to that of Upper Trent Keels. Cabins were built under a flush decked stern. UF: cuckoo boat BT: narrow boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 chipping hammer CID: INLANDW.215 TID: SN: Used for boat and boiler maintenance for removing rust and scale. BT: striking equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 chisel CID: INLANDW.216 TID: SN: A cutting tool with a long steel blade, coming to a sharp edge. Usually with a wooden handle. BT: cutting equipment NT: cold chisel mortise chisel shipwright's chisel DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 chock (boat component) CID: INLANDW.217 TID: SN: Shaped piece of timber set between the hawse timbers of a keel. BT: above decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 chopper (oar) CID: INLANDW.218 TID: SN: A type of oar. BT: oar DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 chronometer CID: INLANDW.219 TID: SN: Specialised timekeeper compensated for temperature variation and designed to maintain accuracy in shipboard conditions of humidity and continuous motion. UF: ship's clock BT: ship's equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cill scoop CID: INLANDW.930 TID: INLANDW.220 USE: sill scoop DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Cinderford Canal boat CID: INLANDW.221 TID: SN: Size and shape unknown. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 clamshell CID: INLANDW.445 TID: INLANDW.222 USE: grab dredger DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cleaning equipment CID: INLANDW.223 TID: SN: Equipment designed for cleaning in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: tools and equipment NT: cabin mop DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 clew CID: INLANDW.224 TID: SN: The bottom corner of a fore and aft sail nearest the mast. BT: sail component RT: clewline DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 clewline CID: INLANDW.225 TID: SN: A rope attached to the clews of a sail, other than a course, and used to pull the clews up and inwards when furling the sail. UF: clue line BT: rigging component RT: clew DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 clinker built boat CID: INLANDW.226 TID: SN: A boat of clinker construction where the planks overlap one another. BT: transport NT: coxed twelve funny perfect peter boat rumtum shallop wager DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 clinker eight CID: INLANDW.227 TID: SN: Similar to eight oared shell although heavier, but with overlapping planks of clinker build. This craft was seldom over 60 feet long and could be as short as 56 feet. The beam or width was from 24-27 inches and depth 8-9 inches. BT: competitive craft human powered boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 clinker four CID: INLANDW.228 TID: SN: Racing boat of clinker construction with length of 38-42 feet, a beam of 23-24 inches and a depth of 8-9 inches. Clinker construction. BT: competitive craft human powered boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 clue line CID: INLANDW.225 TID: INLANDW.229 USE: clewline DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 coal boat CID: INLANDW.1210 TID: INLANDW.230 USE: Yorkshire keel DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 coal box CID: INLANDW.231 TID: SN: Wooden box often decorated used to contain the domestic fuel supply in the stern cabin of the narrow boat, which doubles as a step down into the cabin. BT: boat equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Coalisland tub boat CID: INLANDW.232 TID: SN: Tub boats carrying 2 tons, 10ft x 4ft 6in. BT: tub boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 coaming CID: INLANDW.233 TID: SN: The raised sides of a hatch. BT: above decks watercraft component NT: door coaming hatch coaming scuttle coaming RT: blopping board headledge DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 coastal four CID: INLANDW.234 TID: SN: Four-oared racing shell with coxswain wider in the bean than conventional racing shells to cope with sea conditions. BT: competitive craft human powered boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 coastal single CID: INLANDW.235 TID: SN: Sculling boat wider in the beam than a conventional sculling boat to cope with sea conditions. BT: competitive craft human powered boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 coaster CID: INLANDW.716 TID: INLANDW.236 USE: outside puffer DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 coffin plate CID: INLANDW.237 TID: SN: The plate joining two side plates over the keel of a vessel at the stern. BT: below decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cold chisel CID: INLANDW.238 TID: SN: Used for cutting cold metal. BT: blacksmith's equipment chisel DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cold set CID: INLANDW.239 TID: SN: A cutting tool for cold metal, usually with a wooden handle and a roughly triangular shaped metal head. BT: blacksmith's equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 collapsible canoe CID: INLANDW.240 TID: SN: A kayak that comes apart and stores in a bag. BT: canoe DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 college barge CID: INLANDW.241 TID: SN: Mainly static craft used by the Oxford colleges, and were moored along the banks. They were large, flat-bottomed vessels, approached by gangways, some having attached floats or landing stages on the riverside. BT: recreational craft DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 committee boat CID: INLANDW.242 TID: SN: Boats used by a committee to inspect its waterway, a variety of craft were built for this purpose. BT: inspection boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 communication system component CID: INLANDW.243 TID: SN: A part of a system designed for communication in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: system component NT: cox box signal flag DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 communications equipment CID: INLANDW.244 TID: SN: Equipment designed for communication in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: tools and equipment NT: diver's telephone horn klaxon ship's megaphone ship's telegraph siren speaking tube DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 competitive craft CID: INLANDW.245 TID: SN: Inland waterways craft designed for use in competition. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: transport NT: best boat clinker eight clinker four coastal four coastal single coxed eight coxed four coxed pair coxed twelve coxless four coxless pair double scull frontloader funny half rater Norfolk dinghy Norfolk punt octuple outrigger pair outrigger scull perfect quadruple scull racing punt randan semi-racer punt single scull Thames rater triple scull tub pair wager Waveney One Design whiff Yare and Bure One Design DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 components CID: INLANDW.components TID: NT: fastener lighting component swan's neck system component watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 composite boat CID: INLANDW.248 TID: SN: A boat whose hull is constructed from metal with a wooden bottom. BT: transport DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Compstall Canal boat CID: INLANDW.249 TID: SN: Possibly a tub boat, size 22ft x 6ft 5 inches x 3ft 6 inches. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 concrete boat CID: INLANDW.250 TID: SN: A boat whose main construction material is concrete. BT: transport DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 construction equipment CID: INLANDW.251 TID: SN: Equipment designed for construction in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: tools and equipment NT: boatbuilding equipment canal construction equipment sailmaking equipment shipbuilding equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 containers CID: INLANDW.containers TID: NT: Measham teapot water tank watercan DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cooking equipment CID: INLANDW.252 TID: SN: Equipment designed for cooking in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: heating equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 coracle CID: INLANDW.253 TID: SN: A class of vessels wooden framed and covered with skin they vary in size and use but are of a size to be lifted and carried. BT: skin boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 costume CID: INLANDW.costume TID: NT: apron (costume) belt boatwoman's bonnet gansey DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 countersunk head nail CID: INLANDW.254 TID: SN: A type of nail commonly used for fastening iron guards to wooden vessels. Used where a level surface finish is required. UF: guard nail tram nail tramway nail BT: nail DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 countersunk head rivet CID: INLANDW.255 TID: SN: A type of rivet used where a level surface finish is required. BT: rivet DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cowl ventilator CID: INLANDW.256 TID: SN: A type of ventilator fitted to ships and barges. BT: ventilator DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cox box CID: INLANDW.257 TID: SN: Used by a cox in competitive craft. BT: communication system component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 coxed eight CID: INLANDW.258 TID: SN: An eight-oar racing shell with a coxswain. Rowers use one oar each. UF: 8 oar 8+ BT: competitive craft human powered boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 coxed four CID: INLANDW.259 TID: SN: A four-oar racing shell with a coxswain. Rowers use one oar each. UF: 4 oar (coxed) 4+ BT: competitive craft human powered boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 coxed pair CID: INLANDW.260 TID: SN: A pair-oar with a coxswain. Rowers use one oar each. UF: 2+ BT: competitive craft human powered boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 coxed twelve CID: INLANDW.261 TID: SN: A twelve-oar with a coxswain. Used to pace the University crews at Putney as late as 1863. Two were owned by the London Rowing Club but they were eventually abandoned as they were unable to cope with rough water. UF: 12 oar 12+ BT: clinker built boat competitive craft human powered boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 coxless four CID: INLANDW.262 TID: SN: A four-oar racing shell without a coxswain. Rowers use one oar each. UF: 4 oar (coxless) 4- BT: competitive craft human powered boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 coxless pair CID: INLANDW.263 TID: SN: A racing shell for two rowers without a coxswain. Rowers use one oar each. UF: 2- BT: competitive craft human powered boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 coxwains CID: INLANDW.264 TID: SN: The seat at the stern of a rowing boat. BT: thwart DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cramp CID: INLANDW.273 TID: SN: Mechanical devices commonly used to hold items together or firmly in place while other operations are being performed. BT: holding and gripping equipment woodworking equipment NT: G cramp DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 crane CID: INLANDW.274 TID: SN: Machines for raising, shifting, or lowering heavy weights, usually by means of a projecting swinging arm. BT: lifting equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 crane barge CID: INLANDW.275 TID: SN: A craft permanently fitted with a crane generally in use for maintenance work. BT: service craft DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cratch CID: INLANDW.276 TID: SN: This refers to the structure made up of the deck board, false cratch and horizontal cratch boards, covered in a canvas which makes a free standing structure either at the stem of a narrow boat or in the centre of a tanker boat. The cratch was sometimes used for storage. BT: above decks watercraft component RT: cratch board (horizontal) deck board false cratch DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cratch board (horizontal) CID: INLANDW.277 TID: SN: The short length of boarding used to bridge between the deck board and false cratch to make the triangular frame structure of the cratch on a narrow boat. 3 or 4 boards are usually used on each side, sometimes marked with numbers for location purposes. BT: above decks watercraft component RT: cratch deck board false cratch DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cratch board (triangular) CID: INLANDW.301 TID: INLANDW.278 USE: deck board DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cratch cloth CID: INLANDW.304 TID: INLANDW.279 USE: deck cloth DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cringle CID: INLANDW.280 TID: SN: A metal or rope eye sewn into the sail. BT: sail component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 crochet lace CID: INLANDW.281 TID: SN: Produced by boatwomen to trim aprons and bonnets and also to make curtains for narrow boat cabins. BT: boat equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 crome CID: INLANDW.282 TID: SN: A long handled bent fork used for clearing weed on the Norfolk Broads. BT: waterway maintenance equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Crooke mine boat CID: INLANDW.283 TID: SN: Boats used on the 1100 yard tunnel into the coal mine at Crooke on the Leeds Liverpool Canal. BT: mine boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cross board CID: INLANDW.284 TID: SN: A bottom board set across the width of the vessel. BT: bottom board DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Croydon Canal boat CID: INLANDW.285 TID: SN: Boats used on the Croydon Canal from 1809-1836, 60ft x 9ft, carrying 30-35 tons, construction unknown. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cruiser CID: INLANDW.286 TID: SN: A craft permanently fitted with accommodation for overnight stays and primarily used for holidays, privately owned or hired. Fitted with beds or bunks and often with shower or bath. BT: recreational craft NT: motor cruiser sailing cruiser DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 crupper CID: INLANDW.287 TID: SN: Leather loop strap to hold the base of the horse's tail to prevent entanglement with the reins and loss of control. BT: equine equipment equine powered propulsion system component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 crutches CID: INLANDW.288 TID: SN: U' shaped piece of metal inserted into the gunwhales of a rowing boat or a bracket on the end of an outrigger to provide a location and pivot point for the oar. BT: human powered propulsion system component RT: outrigger thole pin DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cuckoo boat CID: INLANDW.214 TID: INLANDW.289 USE: Chesterfield Canal boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 curry comb CID: INLANDW.290 TID: SN: Special curved back double toothed comb with separate handle for grooming short body hair on a horse. BT: equine maintenance equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cut flat CID: INLANDW.181 TID: INLANDW.291 USE: canal flat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cutting equipment CID: INLANDW.292 TID: SN: Equipment designed for cutting in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: forming and shaping equipment NT: chisel gouge saw sod cutter DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 cutwater CID: INLANDW.535 TID: INLANDW.293 USE: jebus DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Cyfarthfa Canal tub boat CID: INLANDW.294 TID: SN: Up to six boats pulled together steered by handspike from the second craft. The first boat having a shaped bow. Boats 14ft x 8ft 2in. BT: tub boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 day boat CID: INLANDW.709 TID: INLANDW.295 USE: open day boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 day boat (leisure) CID: INLANDW.296 TID: SN: A craft fitted primarily for day cruising, privately owned or hired with a day cabin but often not fitted with bunks or showers. Crewed by hirer or private owner. BT: recreational craft DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 deadeye CID: INLANDW.297 TID: SN: A disc of wood bound with metal and pierced with 3 holes. Used in pairs for tightening standing rigging. BT: rigging component RT: chain plate lanyard DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 deadwood CID: INLANDW.298 TID: SN: Timber in the bow or stern to reinforce the join between stem/sternpost and keel. BT: below decks watercraft component RT: apron (boat component) keel (boat component) keelson stempost sternpost DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 deck beam (carling) CID: INLANDW.195 TID: INLANDW.299 USE: carling DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 deck beam (narrow boat) CID: INLANDW.300 TID: SN: A beam of metal or wood across the width of the boat which forms the front gunwhale of the hold and carries the deck board. BT: above decks watercraft component RT: deck board deck cloth DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 deck board CID: INLANDW.301 TID: SN: The triangular shaped board fitted at the front of the hold of a canal narrow boat to support the running planks and cratch and to prevent water entering the hold. It has 2 metal 'tongues' to locate into the brackets on the deck beam. UF: cratch board (triangular) BT: above decks watercraft component RT: cratch cratch board (horizontal) deck beam (narrow boat) false cratch running planks DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 deck bolt CID: INLANDW.302 TID: SN: Cheese headed bolt used to secure wooden planking to metal decking. BT: bolt DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 deck bucket CID: INLANDW.303 TID: SN: Bucket designed for use in tasks on a ship's deck. BT: ship's bucket DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 deck cloth CID: INLANDW.304 TID: SN: Shaped tarpaulin cover for the deck board to waterproof the front end of the hold, trapped under a batten on the deck beam. UF: cratch cloth BT: above decks watercraft component RT: deck beam (narrow boat) DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 deck iron CID: INLANDW.788 TID: INLANDW.305 USE: reaming iron DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 deck ledge CID: INLANDW.492 TID: INLANDW.306 USE: headledge DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 deck lid CID: INLANDW.307 TID: SN: A hinged wooden or metal lid to cover the opening in the foredeck of a canal narrow boat. BT: above decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 deck plank CID: INLANDW.308 TID: SN: One of the planks making up the deck of a vessel. BT: plank (boat component) DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 deck plate CID: INLANDW.309 TID: SN: Plate forming part of the deck of a metal vessel. BT: above decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 decklight CID: INLANDW.310 TID: SN: Glass block set into a deck to allow light to pass into below deck spaces. BT: lighting component RT: bullseye DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 deckspace CID: INLANDW.311 TID: SN: A large space in the bow of a canal narrow boat beneath the foredeck and accessed by the deck lid. BT: above decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 derrick CID: INLANDW.312 TID: SN: Type of crane with suspended swinging jib. BT: cargo handling equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 derrick pole CID: INLANDW.313 TID: SN: A heavy pole, usually circular in cross section, with pulley blocks to assist in cargo handling. UF: ship's derrick BT: cargo handling equipment cargo handling system component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 diesel powered boat CID: INLANDW.314 TID: SN: A boat whose motive power source is a diesel engine. BT: transport NT: motor narrow boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 dipper CID: INLANDW.315 TID: SN: Bought from ironmongers - catalogue description refers to a corn scoop. Introduced as an alternative to handbowl in 1960s as a painted souvenir. Previously unpainted ones were used as bailers. BT: boat equipment RT: bailer DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 diver's airhose CID: INLANDW.317 TID: INLANDW.316 USE: diver's airline DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 diver's airline CID: INLANDW.317 TID: SN: Reinforced flexible rubber tube, coupled together in sections for supply of (breathing) air from diver's airpump or compressor to the diver underwater. UF: diver's airhose BT: diving equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 diver's airpump CID: INLANDW.318 TID: SN: Device designed to supply fresh air to a diver whilst at work underwater. Traditionally it consisted of a hand cranked pump box fitted with piston pumps, non return valves and supply gauge. UF: diver's pump box BT: diving equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 diver's belt weight CID: INLANDW.319 TID: SN: Small block weight which slips into a pocket on or attaches to the belt worn by the diver to provide additional weighting necessary to keep the diver underwater. BT: diving equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 diver's breast weight CID: INLANDW.320 TID: SN: Heavy lead or gunmetal shaped weight, roped to the corselet. Forms part of the weighting necessary to keep the diver underwater. BT: diving equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 diver's knife CID: INLANDW.321 TID: SN: Heavy duty knife for underwater emergency use and for clearing tangled rope work. BT: diving equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 diver's pump box CID: INLANDW.318 TID: INLANDW.322 USE: diver's airpump DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 diver's telephone CID: INLANDW.323 TID: SN: Communciation system from shore or work boat to diver, comprises telephone unit cabling and microphone/telephone unit inside the diving helmet. BT: communications equipment diving equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 diving boots CID: INLANDW.324 TID: SN: Specialised heavy boots, forming part of the weighting necessary to keep the diver underwater. Often cast brass or gunmetal with leather straps. BT: diving equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 diving compressor CID: INLANDW.325 TID: SN: Powered air supply for diving use providing steady, oil free breathing air at low pressure to fill the diving dress. BT: diving equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 diving corselet CID: INLANDW.326 TID: SN: Lower part of the metal portion of the diving dress to which the helmet screws. BT: diving equipment RT: diving helmet DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 diving dress CID: INLANDW.327 TID: SN: The complete outfit worn by a diver for working underwater to provide air and protection. BT: diving equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 diving equipment CID: INLANDW.328 TID: SN: Equipment in common use when diving in inland waterways. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: tools and equipment NT: diver's airline diver's airpump diver's belt weight diver's breast weight diver's knife diver's telephone diving boots diving compressor diving corselet diving dress diving helmet diving suit DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 diving helmet CID: INLANDW.329 TID: SN: Spherical metal vessel with screw in glass face windows and air linen connections. Locks onto the diving corselet which is bolted to the diving suit. BT: diving equipment RT: diving corselet DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 diving suit CID: INLANDW.330 TID: SN: Rubber and canvas part of the diving dress which encloses the diver and provides an air pocket in which to work. Made in one piece,the diver enters through the neck aperture. BT: diving equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 diving support craft CID: INLANDW.331 TID: SN: Any craft specifically equipped to pump air or provide assistance to divers. BT: service craft DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 docker's hook CID: INLANDW.41 TID: INLANDW.332 USE: bag hook DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 docking equipment CID: INLANDW.333 TID: SN: Equipment designed for use in docking activities. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: tools and equipment NT: bollard bollard cleat roller fairlead ship's fairlead DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 dodger CID: INLANDW.334 TID: SN: A short half-rigged fixed-seat boat used for pleasure boating at Eton. BT: human powered boat recreational craft DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 dog leg CID: INLANDW.818 TID: INLANDW.335 USE: rond anchor DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 dolly CID: INLANDW.336 TID: SN: Mushroom shaped bollard found on the back of canal motor narrow boats. BT: above decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 door coaming CID: INLANDW.337 TID: SN: A raised wall below a door opening to keep water out. BT: coaming DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 dory CID: INLANDW.338 TID: SN: Flat-bottomed inrigger rowing boat, American, but a common term. BT: human powered boat recreational craft DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 double bag hook CID: INLANDW.339 TID: SN: A double metal hook attached to a short wooden handle. Designed to fit easily in the hand for moving bags or sacks. BT: bag hook DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 double bladed paddle CID: INLANDW.340 TID: SN: Blade at each end of the paddle. BT: paddle DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 double crease iron CID: INLANDW.341 TID: SN: A caulking iron with a double groove ('crease') edge, used for compressing the oakum down below the surface of the seam. BT: making iron DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 double ender CID: INLANDW.342 TID: SN: Open boat with a fixing for the 'elum' at either end. BT: Birmingham day boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 double scull CID: INLANDW.343 TID: SN: Racing shell for two scullers without cox. Scullers use two oars each. UF: x2 BT: competitive craft human powered boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 dragon boat CID: INLANDW.344 TID: SN: Chinese canoe for up to 22 paddlers, coxswain and drummer. BT: human powered boat recreational craft DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 dredger CID: INLANDW.345 TID: SN: A craft designed to remove unwanted natural materials from the channel of a waterway. BT: channel clearance craft NT: bucket dredger grab dredger injection dredger scraper dredger spoon dredger suction dredger DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 dredging bucket CID: INLANDW.346 TID: SN: Bucket used as part of a dredging apparatus. BT: dredging equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 dredging equipment CID: INLANDW.347 TID: SN: Equipment designed for use in dredging. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: maintenance and repairing equipment NT: dredging bucket dredging spoon mud scoop DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 dredging spoon CID: INLANDW.348 TID: SN: Metal or wooden spoon in a T-shaped handle suspended from a crane on a spoon dredging barge. The spoon is pushed into silt on the canal bottom and lifted by the crane dredging the canal. BT: dredging equipment RT: dydle DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 drench horn CID: INLANDW.349 TID: SN: Hollowed out cow horn used for administering patent medication to horses to cure illness. BT: equine maintenance equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Driffield keel CID: INLANDW.350 TID: SN: Variation of the Humber Keel, trading to Driffield. Size 61ft x 14ft 6 inches. BT: Humber keel DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 drilling equipment CID: INLANDW.351 TID: SN: Equipment used for drilling in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: forming and shaping equipment NT: auger bit platelayer's brace rock drill DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 driving whip CID: INLANDW.352 TID: SN: A whip used to drive the horse on, similar to but shorter than a smacking whip. BT: equine driving equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 dual steering cruiser CID: INLANDW.353 TID: SN: Larger motor cruiser which may be steered using a wheel and tiller from saloon or from a raised sun deck, according to the weather. BT: motor cruiser DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Dudley Canal tunnel boat CID: INLANDW.354 TID: SN: A short and very narrow boat was used in the limestone quarry tunnels. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Duker flat CID: INLANDW.145 TID: INLANDW.355 USE: Bridgewater flat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 dydle CID: INLANDW.356 TID: SN: A long pole with a net on the end and a metal cutting edge, used for lifting soft mud on the Norfolk Broads. BT: waterway maintenance equipment RT: dredging spoon DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 ear protectors CID: INLANDW.357 TID: SN: Decorative crochet covers for horse ears to prevent flying insects entering them. Usually fitted with tassels of coloured cotton for deterrent effect when the horse shakes its head. BT: equine maintenance equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Eardington Forge Canal boat CID: INLANDW.358 TID: SN: Size and shape unknown. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 electric powered boat CID: INLANDW.359 TID: SN: A boat whose motive power source is an electric engine. BT: transport DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 elum CID: INLANDW.835 TID: INLANDW.360 USE: rudder DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Emmets Canal boat CID: INLANDW.361 TID: SN: Size and shape unknown. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 engine 'ole CID: INLANDW.363 TID: SN: The (usually) steel structure in front of the back cabin of a motorised narrow boat in which the engine is housed. BT: above decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 engine 'ole slide CID: INLANDW.364 TID: SN: A wooden or metal shutter which slides on runners to cover the entrance opening in an engine room roof. BT: above decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 engine room lamp CID: INLANDW.362 TID: SN: Triangular or rectangular oil lamp with flat burner behind plain glass with reflector mirror often corrugated to further spread light. Fixes on bracket fitted in dark areas of ship's engine rooms etc. BT: boat lighting equipment ship's lamp DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 engineering equipment CID: INLANDW.365 TID: SN: Equipment used for inland waterways engineering purposes. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: tools and equipment NT: pattern DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 engineers inspection boat CID: INLANDW.366 TID: SN: Boat specifically desgined for an engineering inspection rather than committee surveys. BT: inspection boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 equine animal powered boat CID: INLANDW.367 TID: SN: A boat whose motive power source is an equine animal. BT: transport NT: horse boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 equine driving equipment CID: INLANDW.368 TID: SN: Equipment used for driving horses,donkeys and mules on canals. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: equine equipment NT: driving whip smacking whip thrum twitch DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 equine equipment CID: INLANDW.369 TID: SN: Includes equipment used for horses, donkeys and mules on canals. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: tools and equipment NT: back band belly band blinkers bobbins bridle crupper equine driving equipment equine maintenance equipment face piece gear halter hames harness horse bit horse collar horse shoe martingale muzzle quarter strap reins (driving) reins (general) spreader swingle tree DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 equine maintenance equipment CID: INLANDW.370 TID: SN: Includes equipment used for maintaining horses, donkeys and mules on canals. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: equine equipment NT: curry comb drench horn ear protectors feed bag feed basket feed bowl feed tin frost cog frost nail horse shoe mane comb DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 equine powered propulsion system component CID: INLANDW.371 TID: SN: Includes propulsion system component used by horses, donkeys, mules, asses and hinnies. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: propulsion system component NT: back band belly band blinkers bobbins box mast bridle crupper face piece gear halter hames harness horse bit horse collar luby lutchet martingale mast box muzzle neddy quarter strap reins (driving) reins (general) spreader swingle tree tack line (towing line) top mast towing mast DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 eye bolt CID: INLANDW.372 TID: SN: Bolt with a forged ring or eye used to provide a securing point in wooden or metal structure. BT: bolt DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 face piece CID: INLANDW.373 TID: SN: Decorative leather flap fitted with large brasses. It hangs centrally down the horse's forehead, between the eyes. BT: equine equipment equine powered propulsion system component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 false cratch CID: INLANDW.374 TID: SN: A roughly triangular timber framework fitted across the hold of a canal narrow boat to support the running planks, usually sited behind the deck board. BT: above decks watercraft component RT: cratch cratch board (horizontal) deck board running planks DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 false martingale CID: INLANDW.630 TID: INLANDW.375 USE: martingale DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 fastener CID: INLANDW.376 TID: SN: Grouping term for fasteners associated with inland waterways. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: components NT: back flap bolt nail pin rivet rove rudder pintle DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 feed bag CID: INLANDW.377 TID: SN: Heavy duty reinforced small sack of woven jute with suspension straps - as used generally for carthorses. Common on London area canals. UF: nose bag BT: equine maintenance equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 feed basket CID: INLANDW.378 TID: SN: Woven willow work basket. Round in shape with a flat bottom. Commonly used on the River Wey navigation, Lower Grand Union Canal and Leicester Line of the Old Union Canal. BT: equine maintenance equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 feed bowl CID: INLANDW.379 TID: SN: Heavy, large galvanised oval container for horse feed. Fitted with straps, usually leather, to allow the horse to feed on the move. Favoured on the Regents Canal for Shire horses. UF: nose bowl BT: equine maintenance equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 feed can CID: INLANDW.381 TID: INLANDW.380 USE: feed tin DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 feed tin CID: INLANDW.381 TID: SN: Light weight tinsmithed round container for horse feed, fitted with straps, usually leather, to allow the horse to feed on the move. Common throughout the narrow canal system. UF: feed can nose tin BT: equine maintenance equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Fen lighter CID: INLANDW.382 TID: SN: Barges working in gangs up to 5 together, size varies from fen boats to larger Great Ouse varieties, barges up to 45ft in length. BT: barges designed to work in multiple units lighter RT: house lighter DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Fen punt CID: INLANDW.383 TID: SN: Fenland open craft up to 18ft in length. BT: punt DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 fender CID: INLANDW.384 TID: SN: Protective and/or decorative pad or buffer fastened to a boat to prevent either damage to the boat or moorings. Often made of rope. BT: boat equipment NT: bow fender stem fender stern fender tip cat fender RT: ropework DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 ferry CID: INLANDW.385 TID: SN: Any craft used to move goods and passengers over a set route. Principally crossing from one side of a canal or river to the other. BT: passenger vessel DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 fibreglass boat CID: INLANDW.386 TID: SN: A boat whose main construction material is fibreglass. BT: transport DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 fid CID: INLANDW.387 TID: SN: A tapered, usually wooden, pin used in opening the strands of a rope when splicing rope ends or carrying out decorative ropework. BT: rope working equipment NT: hand fid DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 fire fighting vessel CID: INLANDW.388 TID: SN: A craft designed to fight fire as its sole job. UF: fire float BT: service craft DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 fire float CID: INLANDW.388 TID: INLANDW.389 USE: fire fighting vessel DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 first boat CID: INLANDW.508 TID: INLANDW.390 USE: horse drawn narrow boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 fishing dinghy CID: INLANDW.391 TID: SN: Wooden rowing boat used to carry anglers. BT: recreational craft DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 fixed line powered boat CID: INLANDW.392 TID: SN: A boat whose motive power source is provided by a fixed line. BT: transport DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 flattener CID: INLANDW.393 TID: SN: A shaping tool with a long wire handle for use with hot metal. It has a flat face fro 'flattening' the metal when it is struck. UF: flatter BT: blacksmith's equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 flatter CID: INLANDW.393 TID: INLANDW.394 USE: flattener DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 float (boat) CID: INLANDW.396 TID: SN: Craft with no hold and an overall deck, used to carry cargoes too heavy or too big to go in a hold. UF: pontoon BT: barge DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 float (component) CID: INLANDW.397 TID: SN: The timbers that bind together the upper end of a rudder blade. BT: above decks watercraft component RT: rudder DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 float type gauging stick CID: INLANDW.395 TID: SN: A gauging stick consisting of a copper tube with a bracket where it could rest on the gunwhale. This bracket contained a float and a staff. This would protude out of the tube at eye level to indictae the number of 'dry inches'. BT: gauging stick measuring equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 floor CID: INLANDW.398 TID: SN: The lowest part of the framing of a vessel. BT: below decks watercraft component RT: keel (boat component) keelson top timber DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 flush decked trow CID: INLANDW.399 TID: SN: A term used to describe a large wooden trow with a flat bottom, but with a full length level deck with hatches and full length bulwarks that traded in the Severn estuary below Gloucester. BT: trow DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 fly boat CID: INLANDW.400 TID: SN: Became a term for boats working flat out aropund the clock, ie. 'working fly'. Usually horse drawn boats.Fly boats often have finer lines which allow them to slip through the water faster. Some loaded as little as 15 tons with a very rounded bilge. BT: cargo vessel NT: Leeds and Liverpool fly boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 foghorn CID: INLANDW.401 TID: SN: A device used to warn boats and ships in fog. BT: horn NT: ship's foghorn DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 folding gauging stick CID: INLANDW.402 TID: SN: A gauging stick that folded up for easier portability. BT: gauging stick measuring equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 fore cabin CID: INLANDW.403 TID: SN: The (usually) small cabin set into the bow of a boat. BT: above decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 fore roller CID: INLANDW.404 TID: SN: A hand cranked roller on a keel, used for working the sails. BT: rigging component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 fore stay CID: INLANDW.405 TID: SN: A rope or wire running from the head of a mast towards the bow of a vessel to support the mast. BT: stay RT: anchor lamp DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 fore thwart CID: INLANDW.406 TID: SN: The seat placed across the width (beam) of a rowing boat at the bow. BT: thwart DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 foresail CID: INLANDW.407 TID: SN: A usually triangular sail, fitted at or near the bows of a vessel. BT: sail component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 forming and shaping equipment CID: INLANDW.408 TID: SN: Equipment used for forming and shaping in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: tools and equipment NT: blacksmith's equipment cutting equipment drilling equipment forming equipment piercing equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 forming equipment CID: INLANDW.409 TID: SN: Equipment used for forming in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: forming and shaping equipment NT: adze DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Forth and Clyde scow CID: INLANDW.410 TID: SN: Scow 60 ft long and 13ft 6 inches wide for use on the Forth and Clyde or Monklands Canal. BT: scow DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 forward steering cruiser CID: INLANDW.411 TID: SN: Motor cruiser steered from the front. BT: motor cruiser DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 founding equipment CID: INLANDW.412 TID: SN: Equipment used for founding in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: tools and equipment NT: bellows pattern tue iron DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 frame CID: INLANDW.413 TID: SN: Part of the 'skeleton' of a vessel to which the outer skin is fastened. BT: below decks watercraft component NT: cant frame reverse frame stern frame RT: floor futtocks keel (boat component) keelson top timber DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 french chalk vice CID: INLANDW.414 TID: SN: Device for holding french chalk used to mark steel, stone or, timber with a straight line. Used by boatbuilders. BT: holding and gripping equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 frontloader CID: INLANDW.415 TID: SN: A boat in which the coxswain lies in the bows. BT: competitive craft human powered boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 frost cog CID: INLANDW.416 TID: SN: A screw in hardened point for horse shoes to provide grip on frozen ground or icy brickwork in winter. Fitted with a special tool into threaded holes in the shoe. BT: equine maintenance equipment RT: frost nail DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 frost nail CID: INLANDW.417 TID: SN: Special hardened pointed horseshoe nail to provide the same grip as a frost cog. Can be left in the shoe as it wears away becoming an ordinary nail holding the shoe in the hoof. BT: equine maintenance equipment RT: frost cog DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 full box trow CID: INLANDW.418 TID: SN: Trow with the hold built up and side decks flush with the bow. BT: trow DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 fuller CID: INLANDW.419 TID: SN: A shaping tool with a long wire handle for use with hot metal. It is triangular in shape but with a blunt edge for reducing the thickness of the metal when struck. It can be used in 2 pieces as a top and bottom fuller. BT: blacksmith's equipment NT: bottom fuller top fuller DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 funny CID: INLANDW.420 TID: SN: A narrow clinker-built boat, mainly used on the upper reaches of the Thames. It accommodated a single person either for sculling matches or for training purposes, it had full outriggers and double ends and was well pointed at bow and stern. It was fairly deep for its length. NB- showed as inrigged in 'The Book of the Thames', 1859. BT: clinker built boat competitive craft human powered boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 futtock saw CID: INLANDW.421 TID: SN: The name of the saws used for sawing the futtocks in a boat or ship. They consist of a parallel web up to 5 feet long and 1.5 to 4.5 inches wide, coarse teeth shaped for ripping and perforations at the end to be held in a frame. BT: boatbuilding equipment saw shipbuilding equipment RT: futtocks DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 futtocks CID: INLANDW.422 TID: SN: Pieces of timber forming the frame of a vessel, secured to each other by overlapping and fastening. BT: below decks watercraft component RT: frame futtock saw top timber DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 G cramp CID: INLANDW.423 TID: SN: A general term for cramps made in the form of the letter G, used for all types of holding and assembling. BT: cramp DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 gabbart CID: INLANDW.424 TID: SN: The typical Scottish sailing barge from which most Scottish Canal craft were developed. A long narrow flat vessel or lighter with a hatchway extending almost the full length of the decks, sometimes fitted with masts that may be lowered to pass under bridges.' (Youngs Nautical Dictionary 1863). Sloop rigged sailing craft, size 60ft x 13ft 6 inches, designed for the river Clyde. BT: Scottish barge RT: scow DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 gaff CID: INLANDW.425 TID: SN: A long spar of wood or metal. Usually circular in cross section, to which is fastened the upper edge of a sail. BT: mast and spar component RT: bobbin spar DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 game block CID: INLANDW.426 TID: SN: A slotted block used to hold a plank while boring it from edge to edge. It was often made from an old rudder stock, the slot being cut by sawing into the hole for the tiller. The plank would be held in by a wedge and the whole block could be chocked up at an angle to suit the operator. the plank would be moved through the slot as the work progressed. BT: boatbuilding equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 gang lighter CID: INLANDW.427 TID: SN: Boats working with other lighters in a specific train. BT: barges designed to work in multiple units DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 gansey CID: INLANDW.428 TID: SN: Woollen jersey, name derived from 'Guernsey' type jersey knitted for boatmen as for fishermen. Worn on Leeds and Liverpool Canal and on Birmingham Canals. BT: costume DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 garboard strake CID: INLANDW.429 TID: SN: The lowest strake of planking adjoining the keel. BT: strake DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 gate CID: INLANDW.430 TID: SN: Bar across a rowlock to retain an oar. BT: human powered propulsion system component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 gauging stick CID: INLANDW.431 TID: SN: A measuring device used to calculate the tonnage that a boat was carrying. A graduated stick would be placed over the side of the boat with a bracket resting on the gunwhale so that the 'dry inches' above the waterline could be measured. BT: measuring equipment NT: float type gauging stick folding gauging stick DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 gear CID: INLANDW.432 TID: SN: Collective term for the harness, collar etc of a boat horse, mule or donkey. UF: tack (equine equipment) BT: equine equipment equine powered propulsion system component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 gig CID: INLANDW.433 TID: SN: Open rowing boat. Of clinker build with a straight sheer or sides below the gunwales. At one time popular on inland waterways and in harbours, especially on the Thames, although declining in popularity from the 1860s. BT: human powered boat recreational craft DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 gimbal CID: INLANDW.434 TID: SN: Pivoted rings used for keeping things, eg. a compass, horizontal in a moving vessel such as a ship. BT: above decks watercraft component RT: ship's compass DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 gin block CID: INLANDW.435 TID: SN: A single sheave open framed pulley block for cargo lifting purposes. BT: cargo handling system component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 girder chain CID: INLANDW.436 TID: SN: A length of chain fitted across the width of the hold of a narrow boat,usually below the beams, and fitted with a rigging screw to enable the chain to be tightened or slackened. The chains and beams provide rigidity for the hold of the boat. BT: above decks watercraft component RT: rigging screw DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 girder strings CID: INLANDW.437 TID: SN: The strings used to secure the running planks of a narrow boat in place. BT: above decks watercraft component RT: running planks DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 girth strap CID: INLANDW.64 TID: INLANDW.438 USE: belly band DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Glamorganshire Canal boat CID: INLANDW.439 TID: SN: Double ended boat 60ft x 8ft 6in loading to 20 tons on a draught of 2ft 9in often with a simple day cabin. BT: Welsh narrow boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Glamorganshire Canal boat number plate CID: INLANDW.440 TID: SN: Painted tinplate sign with the boat registration number on it, roughly 1ft square with irregular corners. BT: boat plate DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Glasgow Paisley Ardrossan boat CID: INLANDW.441 TID: SN: Very little known. Cargo fly boat, 74ft 4 inches long. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 globe lamp CID: INLANDW.442 TID: SN: Lamps with a large globular glass surrounding an oil burner, usually with a circular oil reservoir below with shaped wire glass protectors affixed. BT: boat lighting equipment ship's lamp DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 gouge CID: INLANDW.443 TID: SN: Cutting chisels having a long, curved blade; used for hollowing out wood, or for making holes, channels, or grooves in wood or stone.Used by shipwrights. BT: boatbuilding equipment cutting equipment woodworking equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 grab bucket CID: INLANDW.444 TID: SN: A bucket in two halves, capable of being mechanically opened and closed to pick up loose materials. BT: cargo handling system component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 grab dredger CID: INLANDW.445 TID: SN: A dredger with a crane operated set of jaws lifting individual portions of materials. UF: clamshell BT: dredger DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 grafting spade CID: INLANDW.446 TID: SN: A digging tool used for trenching. BT: canal construction equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Grand Union Canal tub boat CID: INLANDW.447 TID: SN: Built in 1932 for the Grand Union Canal Company by Peter Brotherhood of Peterborough. 18ft x 7ft x 4ft 6in with a 10 ton capacity. Experimental and never used in service. BT: tub boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Grand Union Canal wide boat CID: INLANDW.448 TID: SN: 72ft x around 11ft wide built to narrow boat style usually 7ft wide at the bottoms with the hull widening above BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Grand Western and Chard Canal tub boat CID: INLANDW.449 TID: SN: Tubs 26ft x 6ft 6in carried 10 tons on a draught of 2ft 3in. There were pointed bows on the first ones which carried 8 tons. In use on the Chard Canal until 1867. The last pair of boats operated on the Grand Western Canal Barge Section until 1924. BT: tub boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 grapnel CID: INLANDW.452 TID: INLANDW.450 USE: grappling iron DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 grapnel anchor CID: INLANDW.451 TID: SN: An anchor consisting of multiple prongs joined at their bases to a shank and ring. BT: anchor DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 grappling iron CID: INLANDW.452 TID: SN: A hook with multiple prongs joined at their bases to a ring and shank, and measuring 10-15 inches overall. Used for retrieving things from the canal e.g. dead animals or rope and for moving sacks. UF: grapnel BT: salvaging equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 ground anchor CID: INLANDW.818 TID: INLANDW.453 USE: rond anchor DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 grounds CID: INLANDW.454 TID: SN: Timbers which support and on to which the shutts planking is fastened on a narrow boat. BT: below decks watercraft component RT: shutts DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 guard iron CID: INLANDW.455 TID: SN: Usually metal strips, convex in a D section, fastened to the sides and ends of wooden or metal vessels to provide protection from impact and abrasion. UF: rubbing strake BT: below decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 guard nail CID: INLANDW.254 TID: INLANDW.456 USE: countersunk head nail DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 gun punt CID: INLANDW.457 TID: SN: Used for wildfowling, a double-ended flat bottomed dinghy evolved, normally clinker built of wood and mounting a fixed gun. Aim was usually by pointing the gun punt by means of extra paddles like table tennis bats. BT: punt DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 gunnel CID: INLANDW.459 TID: INLANDW.458 USE: gunwhale DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 gunwhale CID: INLANDW.459 TID: SN: Pronounced 'gunnel' the upper edge or top side of a boat or ship above the waterline; so named as cannon on early warships were fired above the 'whale' or upper line. UF: gunnel BT: above decks watercraft component RT: blopping board DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 gusset CID: INLANDW.460 TID: SN: A metal plate, usually triangular, used to join two structural members to each other at right angles. BT: below decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Gwauncaegurwen mine boat CID: INLANDW.461 TID: SN: Boats used to carry men and coal from the mine at Gwauncaegurwen at the head of the Upper Clydach River. BT: mine boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Haigh Canal boat CID: INLANDW.462 TID: SN: Size and shape unknown. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 half boxed trow CID: INLANDW.463 TID: SN: Like an open moulded trow but with bulkheads and the sides of the cargo space raised to the height of the fore and aft bulwarks to give extra protection to the cargo. BT: trow DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 half rater CID: INLANDW.464 TID: SN: Cheaper and less extreme sailing boat for club racing on the Thames and Trent, derived from the Thames rater. BT: competitive craft sail propelled boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 halter CID: INLANDW.465 TID: SN: Strap or rope by which to hold or lead a horse. A rope bridle fashioned to go behind the ears. BT: equine equipment equine powered propulsion system component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 halyard CID: INLANDW.466 TID: SN: A rope for raising or lowering yards up and down masts. BT: rigging component RT: mast yard DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 halyard roller CID: INLANDW.467 TID: SN: The winch to which a halyard is put to assist in lowering or raising the yard. BT: rigging component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hames CID: INLANDW.468 TID: SN: Wooden or metal curved bars made as a pair and fitted with tug hooks and rein rings. They fit into the collar with straps often shortened down or specially manufactured to give clearance on bridges. BT: equine equipment equine powered propulsion system component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Hampton boat CID: INLANDW.469 TID: SN: An over large open boat built to work on the Wolverhampton level of the BCN where there are no locks. UF: Ampton boat BT: Birmingham day boat wharf boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hand bowl CID: INLANDW.470 TID: SN: Metal vessel tapering outwards from base with tubular handle typically used on a narrow boats, frequently decorated. UF: cabin hand bowl BT: boat equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hand fid CID: INLANDW.471 TID: SN: A smooth cone 10-24 inches long, made of lignum vitae, hard wood or bone. It is used for stretching ropes in canvas and for stretching and sizing rope rings and loops in sails. They are also used for opening the lay in ropes when splicing. BT: fid DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hand grab CID: INLANDW.472 TID: SN: A hand held tool with a short wooden handle and metal shaft with a flat oval shaped end, covered in small metal spikes. Designed for handling bagged goods. UF: cat's paw BT: cargo handling equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hand hook CID: INLANDW.41 TID: INLANDW.473 USE: bag hook DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 handling equipment CID: INLANDW.474 TID: SN: Equipment used for handling in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: tools and equipment NT: cargo handling equipment carrying equipment holding and gripping equipment lifting equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 handspike CID: INLANDW.475 TID: SN: A bar of wood used as a lever for working lock paddles on the Aire and Calder and Calder and Hebble Navigations. BT: boat equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 handy billy CID: INLANDW.476 TID: SN: A ten-foot shaft or boat hook, used on Humber keels. BT: boat hook (shaft) DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hanging knee CID: INLANDW.477 TID: SN: A knee fitted to support downwards loads. BT: knee DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hanging up plate CID: INLANDW.800 TID: INLANDW.478 USE: ribbon plate DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 harbourmaster unit CID: INLANDW.479 TID: SN: Large detachable motor used on experimental river class boats. BT: marine engine RT: river class boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hardie CID: INLANDW.480 TID: SN: Fits in the square or 'hardie' hole in the anvil and is used for cutting hot iron at the anvil. UF: hardy BT: blacksmith's equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hardy CID: INLANDW.480 TID: INLANDW.481 USE: hardie DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Harecastle mine boat CID: INLANDW.482 TID: SN: Small boats working on the narrow colliery branches cut under Harecastle Hill off the main line of the Trent and Mersey Canal. BT: mine boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 harness CID: INLANDW.483 TID: SN: System of straps, buckles, chains and hooks fitted to a horse in draught to enable it to pull a load. UF: trace harness BT: equine equipment equine powered propulsion system component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hatch coaming CID: INLANDW.484 TID: SN: The raised 'wall' round a hatch opening. BT: coaming DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hatches CID: INLANDW.485 TID: SN: A small deck set in a well at the stern of an unpowered canal narrow boat, the doors to the back cabin open into this well deck to allow access to the back cabin. BT: below decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hawse eye CID: INLANDW.486 TID: SN: A tubular metal fitting in the bow of a vessel, through which the anchor cable passes. UF: hawse port BT: above decks watercraft component RT: hawse plate hawse timber DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hawse plate CID: INLANDW.487 TID: SN: A plate at the bow of a metal vessel which is pierced, carrying the hawse eye, to allow the anchor cable to pass through it. BT: above decks watercraft component RT: hawse eye DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hawse port CID: INLANDW.486 TID: INLANDW.488 USE: hawse eye DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hawse timber CID: INLANDW.489 TID: SN: Substantial timbers at the stem pierced by the hawse eyes. BT: above decks watercraft component RT: chock (boat component) hawse eye DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 head collar CID: INLANDW.507 TID: INLANDW.490 USE: horse collar DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 head gear CID: INLANDW.148 TID: INLANDW.491 USE: bridle DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 headledge CID: INLANDW.492 TID: SN: Part of the wall round a hatch opening across the width of the vessel. UF: deck ledge BT: above decks watercraft component RT: coaming DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 heating equipment CID: INLANDW.493 TID: SN: Equipment used for heating in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: tools and equipment NT: bellows bottle stove cooking equipment ship's forecastle stove DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hedging mitts CID: INLANDW.494 TID: SN: Protective leather mitten type gloves used for waterway work. BT: lifesaving and protective equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hellum CID: INLANDW.835 TID: INLANDW.495 USE: rudder DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 henpeeked CID: INLANDW.496 TID: SN: Non tidal keel with canvas hold cover supported on three lines of rails over the hold. Name refers to 'hen perches'. UF: umbrella BT: transport Yorkshire keel DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hockey stick icebreaker CID: INLANDW.497 TID: SN: A specific tool made from wood and metal in a large hockey stick shape. Used on the Midlands canals to break ice by hitting the frozen surface of the canal. BT: waterway maintenance equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hodder CID: INLANDW.498 TID: SN: A heart shaped peat spade used for cutting channels. BT: waterway maintenance equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hog CID: INLANDW.499 TID: SN: A substantial fore and aft timber fitted on top of a keelson. BT: below decks watercraft component RT: keelson DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hold CID: INLANDW.500 TID: SN: An unobstructed space in a vessel in which cargo is kept. BT: below decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 holding and gripping equipment CID: INLANDW.501 TID: BT: handling equipment NT: body drag cramp french chalk vice ice tongs DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hook CID: INLANDW.502 TID: SN: A hook shaped implement, used for handling cargoes. BT: cargo handling equipment NT: bag hook bale hook timber hook DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 horn CID: INLANDW.503 TID: SN: An instrument sounding a warning or other signal. BT: communications equipment NT: foghorn DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Horncastle keel CID: INLANDW.504 TID: SN: Variation on the Humber keel, trading on the Horncastle Canal. Size 54ft x 14ft. BT: Humber keel DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 horse (component) CID: INLANDW.510 TID: SN: Raised track enabling pulley block carrying a sail control rope to travel athwartships over deck obstacles. BT: rigging component NT: main sheet horse DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 horse bit CID: INLANDW.505 TID: SN: Metal mouth piece (often sectional) which forms part of the headgear. Acts as an attachment for the reins to control the horse. BT: equine equipment equine powered propulsion system component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 horse boat CID: INLANDW.506 TID: SN: Boats propelled using (usually) either horses, mules or donkeys. BT: equine animal powered boat NT: horse drawn narrow boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 horse collar CID: INLANDW.507 TID: SN: Padded leather ring construction to fit over the horse's shoulders. It transfers the horse's effort to the towing harness. UF: head collar neck collar BT: equine equipment equine powered propulsion system component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 horse drawn narrow boat CID: INLANDW.508 TID: SN: Initially built in wood (oak and elm), later in iron or steel or a combination of metal and wood they maintain the basic narrow boat shape, double ended and flat bottomed but with a shorter bow and stern. Long distance boats trading anywhere on the narrow canal system had a back cabin at the rear of the cargo space, usually 10ft x 7ft max. From the 1870s some boats had small fore cabins as a result of improvements brought about by Canal Reformers (George Smith). On average, boats carried 25 - 30 tons on a draught of 3ft 6in. The first of two boats pulled by a horse could be referred to as a 'first boat' and the second as a 'last boat'. UF: first boat last boat BT: horse boat narrow boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 horse shoe CID: INLANDW.509 TID: SN: Forged iron protection for the horse's hoof fixed with special tapered iron nails. Required for all horses working on hard towing path surfaces. Replaced at regular intervals by a specialist farrier (blacksmith). BT: equine equipment equine maintenance equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hot chisel CID: INLANDW.511 TID: SN: Long chisels, ground to a cutting edge of 30 degrees, which are not hardened or tempered and can be used in work on heated metal. BT: blacksmith's equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hot set CID: INLANDW.512 TID: SN: A cutting tool with a long wire handle for use with hot metal. It is triangular in shape but with a sharp edge for cutting the metal when struck. BT: blacksmith's equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hotel boat CID: INLANDW.513 TID: SN: A craft crewed by the owners or their staff offering overnight accommodation in beds or bunks in separate cabins. BT: recreational craft DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hotholer CID: INLANDW.514 TID: SN: Birmingham canal boat loading alongside foundry banks i.e. the hot holes. Often carrying slag etc. from blast furnaces. BT: Birmingham day boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 house lighter CID: INLANDW.515 TID: SN: The living boat of a gang of fen lighters. BT: transport RT: Fen lighter DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hoy CID: INLANDW.516 TID: SN: The hoy was either a small boat acting as a tender, especially in rivers or estuaries, or a small coasting vessel under sail. The former type was a large rowing boat that ferried passengers to seagoing and estuarine vessels, especially where there was inadequate wharfage. BT: passenger vessel DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 human powered boat CID: INLANDW.517 TID: SN: A boat whose motive power source is provided by a person. BT: transport NT: best boat bow hauled boat canoe clinker eight clinker four coastal four coastal single coxed eight coxed four coxed pair coxed twelve coxless four coxless pair dodger dory double scull dragon boat frontloader funny gig long boat (rowing) octuple outrigger pair outrigger scull perfect peter boat punt quadruple scull racing punt randan semi-racer punt shallop single scull skiff triple scull tub pair wager whiff DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 human powered propulsion system component CID: INLANDW.518 TID: SN: Equipment which is a component in a propulsion system where the power is supplied by a human. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: propulsion system component NT: barge pole button crutches gate oar outrigger paddle punting pole quant rowlock rypek sweep (oar) thole pin DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Humber keel CID: INLANDW.519 TID: SN: Keels trading inland and on the East coast of England but with trade based on the Humber estuary. Had fore and aft cabins, with the family cabin at the stern (aft). draught of 7ft 6 inches. BT: keel (boat) NT: Barnsley keel Driffield keel Horncastle keel Humber sloop Lincoln keel Manvers keel Sheffield keel Trent ketch RT: Yorkshire keel DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Humber sloop CID: INLANDW.520 TID: SN: With the hull of a Humber keel but a fore and aft sailing rig particularly associated with the Lincolnshire shore of the Humber. UF: sloop rigged keel BT: Humber keel sail propelled boat RT: Yorkshire keel DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hydraulic pump CID: INLANDW.521 TID: SN: Dock equipment. BT: pump DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 hydraulic ram CID: INLANDW.522 TID: SN: An automatic pump in which a large volume of water flows through a valve which it periodicaly forces shut, the sudden pressure change being used to raise a smaller volume of water to a higher level. UF: jigger (ram) BT: lifting equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 ice breaker CID: INLANDW.523 TID: SN: A craft designed to break a channel through ice. UF: iceboat BT: channel clearance craft service craft NT: ballard side rocker top rocker DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 ice clearer CID: INLANDW.524 TID: SN: A craft designed to clear a channel of broken ice. BT: channel clearance craft service craft DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 ice plates CID: INLANDW.525 TID: SN: Thin sheets of iron tacked onto a canal narrow boat at the fore end and along the loaded and empty water lines for protection against ice. BT: below decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 ice tongs CID: INLANDW.526 TID: SN: Large tongs used for removing broken ice from the canal. BT: holding and gripping equipment waterway maintenance equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 iceboat CID: INLANDW.523 TID: INLANDW.527 USE: ice breaker DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 injection dredger CID: INLANDW.528 TID: SN: A dredger breaking up materials by water or air pumped into them and usually allowing a current to move them away. BT: dredger DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 inside flat CID: INLANDW.529 TID: SN: Sailing flats built for use on rivers. They ranged from 50 to 75 feet in length and had a capacity from 80 to 150 tons. BT: Mersey sailing flat NT: jigger flat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 inspection boat CID: INLANDW.530 TID: SN: A craft specifically designed to carry canal staff or committees on an inspection of the waterway. BT: service craft NT: committee boat engineers inspection boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 iron boat CID: INLANDW.531 TID: SN: A boat whose main construction material is iron. BT: transport NT: iron spout iron trow DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 iron spout CID: INLANDW.532 TID: SN: Transom sterned non tidal keel made of iron and used on the Aire and Calder Navigation. BT: iron boat Yorkshire keel DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 iron trow CID: INLANDW.533 TID: SN: Built for Danks from iron, otherwise trow shaped boats. BT: iron boat trow DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 jack plane CID: INLANDW.534 TID: SN: A plane used to smooth and prepare rough timber. BT: plane DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 jebus CID: INLANDW.535 TID: SN: The bows of a train of compartment boats built as a separate craft. Equipped with a winch and pulleys to tension the train. Often pushed in front of the tug when the compartments are empty. Used to break the propeller wash of the tug and make the train steerable when loaded. UF: cutwater BT: transport RT: Aire and Calder compartment boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 jerry iron CID: INLANDW.536 TID: SN: A caulking iron with a diagonal edge that tapers in thickness from front to back. Used to clear old oakum out of seams. BT: caulking iron DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 jib CID: INLANDW.537 TID: SN: A triangular sail, usually fitted at or near the bow of a vessel. BT: sail component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 jigger (mast) CID: INLANDW.650 TID: INLANDW.539 USE: mizzen DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 jigger (ram) CID: INLANDW.522 TID: INLANDW.540 USE: hydraulic ram DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 jigger flat CID: INLANDW.538 TID: SN: A ketch rigged flat two masted with booms and gaffs. BT: inside flat outside flat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 joey boat CID: INLANDW.85 TID: INLANDW.541 USE: Birmingham day boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 jointer plane CID: INLANDW.542 TID: SN: A long plane used to flatten edges that are to be joined. Usually around 24-26 inches long. BT: plane RT: trying plane DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 josher CID: INLANDW.543 TID: SN: Name for narrowboats owned and built by Fellows, Morton and Clayton at their Saltley dock in Birmingham. The name is derived form that of the founder, Joshua Fellows. BT: narrow boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 kayak CID: INLANDW.544 TID: SN: Inuit canoe originally made of sewn skins, propelled by double-ended paddle. BT: canoe RT: Rob Roy DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 keb CID: INLANDW.545 TID: SN: An iron rake used to bring up coals and other items from the bottom of the canal. BT: waterway maintenance equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 kedge anchor CID: INLANDW.546 TID: SN: A subsidiary anchor, used to adjust or reinforce position when moored. BT: anchor DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 keel (boat component) CID: INLANDW.549 TID: SN: An external fore and aft timber fitted to vessels to import longitudinal strength to the hull and into which the garboard strake is fitted. BT: below decks watercraft component RT: apron (boat component) deadwood floor frame keelson stempost sternpost DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 keel (boat) CID: INLANDW.550 TID: SN: Keels are the typical boats of the waterways of North East England.The name 'keel' relates to their square sail. The original Viking construction from which they are descended is clinker but has now become carvel. BT: barge NT: billy boy Humber keel steam keel traffic boat Upper Trent keel Yorkshire keel RT: sounding pole DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 keel bar CID: INLANDW.547 TID: SN: Metal bar forming the keel of a metal vessel. BT: below decks watercraft component DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 keel wherry CID: INLANDW.688 TID: INLANDW.548 USE: Norfolk keel DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 keelson CID: INLANDW.551 TID: SN: An internal fore and aft timber often fitted to vessels above the lowest frames in the hull to assist in securing these and imparting longitudinal strength to the hull. UF: kelsey kelson BT: below decks watercraft component RT: apron (boat component) floor frame hog mast mast step stand stempost sternpost DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 kelsey CID: INLANDW.551 TID: INLANDW.552 USE: keelson DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 kelson CID: INLANDW.551 TID: INLANDW.553 USE: keelson DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Kennet barge CID: INLANDW.554 TID: SN: A wooden sailing vessel, related to a trow, with a single mast and sized to fit the locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal. BT: River Severn craft DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 ketch rigged trow CID: INLANDW.555 TID: SN: A two masted trow with fore and aft mainsail, a gaff top sail, two or three head sails and a gaff sail on the mizzen mast. BT: sail propelled boat trow DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Kidwelly and Llanelli tub boat CID: INLANDW.556 TID: SN: 6 ton boats used throughout the life of the canal. BT: tub boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Kilbagie Canal boat CID: INLANDW.557 TID: SN: Size and shape unknown. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 klaxon CID: INLANDW.558 TID: SN: A device designed to make a warning noise. BT: communications equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 knee CID: INLANDW.559 TID: SN: A wooden or metal bracket which joins or reinforces the joins between two or more parts of a boat. BT: below decks watercraft component NT: hanging knee lodging knee DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 knee strings CID: INLANDW.560 TID: SN: The short strings used to hold the sidecloths in place on the gunwhales of a narrow boat when they are rolled up. UF: breeching strings BT: above decks watercraft component RT: sidecloths DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Kymer tub boat CID: INLANDW.561 TID: SN: Tub boats used on this Camarthenshire canal to transport coal and limestone. BT: tub boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 lace plate CID: INLANDW.800 TID: INLANDW.562 USE: ribbon plate DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Lancaster Canal boat CID: INLANDW.563 TID: SN: Boats 72ft x 14ft 6 inches, carrying up to 42 tons on the Lancaster Canal. Related to Leeds and Liverpool Canal long boats but different in design. BT: barge DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 land chain CID: INLANDW.564 TID: SN: A series of sized lengths, linked together in a chain to measure out a distance. BT: surveying equipment DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 lanyard CID: INLANDW.565 TID: SN: A line passed through the holes in a deadeye to tighten up standing rigging. BT: rigging component RT: chain plate deadeye DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 large Northwich CID: INLANDW.566 TID: SN: This type of narrow boat is one of 38 steel motor narrow boats built by W.J. Yarwood of Northwich in 1936/7. They were part of the Town class series of boats built for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company. BT: town class boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 large Ricky CID: INLANDW.567 TID: SN: This type of narrow boat was one of 62 wooden butty boats built by Walkers of Rickmansworth between 1936-8. They formed part of the Town Class series of boats built for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company. BT: town class boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 large Woolwich CID: INLANDW.568 TID: SN: This type of narrowboat is one of either 24 steel pairs of boats of 24 steel motor narrow boats built by Harland and Wolff of Woolwich in 1936/7. They are part of the Town Class series of boats built for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company. BT: town class boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 last boat CID: INLANDW.508 TID: INLANDW.569 USE: horse drawn narrow boat DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 launch CID: INLANDW.570 TID: SN: A passenger boat with inboard motor for leisure journeys on inland waterways;larger than a dinghy but smaller than a narrow boat; may be canopied. BT: passenger vessel recreational craft DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 launch lamp CID: INLANDW.1116 TID: INLANDW.571 USE: tricolour lamp DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 leading edge CID: INLANDW.609 TID: INLANDW.572 USE: luff DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Lee barge CID: INLANDW.573 TID: SN: Open holded Thames barge with a stumpy rig built to fit the river Lee. BT: Thames barge NT: Lee lighter DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 Lee lighter CID: INLANDW.574 TID: SN: Unrigged version of Lee barge,72' long by 13'x15' wide. BT: Lee barge Thames lighter DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 leeboard CID: INLANDW.575 TID: SN: A large board, hinged from the hull sides of a sailing vessel, used to reduce travel to leeward when sailing. BT: rigging component RT: leeboard clam DC: 1990-01-01 DTI: 1990-01-01 leeboard clam CID: INLANDW.576 TID: SN: Winch for pulling leeboards up when not in use. BT: rigging component RT: leeboard DC: 1990-01-01 DTI