12 oar TID: INLANDW.10 USE: coxed twelve DTI: 1990-01-01 12+ TID: INLANDW.11 USE: coxed twelve DTI: 1990-01-01 2 foot punt TID: INLANDW.1 USE: semi-racer punt DTI: 1990-01-01 2+ TID: INLANDW.2 USE: coxed pair DTI: 1990-01-01 2- TID: INLANDW.3 USE: coxless pair DTI: 1990-01-01 4 oar (coxed) TID: INLANDW.4 USE: coxed four DTI: 1990-01-01 4 oar (coxless) TID: INLANDW.5 USE: coxless four DTI: 1990-01-01 4+ TID: INLANDW.6 USE: coxed four DTI: 1990-01-01 4- TID: INLANDW.7 USE: coxless four DTI: 1990-01-01 8 oar TID: INLANDW.8 USE: coxed eight DTI: 1990-01-01 8+ TID: INLANDW.9 USE: coxed eight DTI: 1990-01-01 Aberdeenshire Canal boat TID: SN: Specific design for Aberdeenshire Canal, maximium size 57ft x 9ft. Little known. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DTI: 1990-01-01 above decks watercraft component 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 watercraft component by context 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 T stud table cupboard table flap tiller tiller bar tippet toe rail top cloth top cloth strings top timber tumblehome tunnel hook uprights ventilator DTI: 1990-01-01 Adelphi Canal boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 admiral class boat 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 narrow boat by type DTI: 1990-01-01 adze 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 aft cockpit cruiser TID: SN: Motor cruiser steered from the stern; type is popular with fishermen. BT: motor cruiser DTI: 1990-01-01 Aire and Calder compartment boat 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: craft by context transport RT: jebus DTI: 1990-01-01 aluminium boat TID: SN: A boat whose main construction material is aluminium. BT: craft by material transport DTI: 1990-01-01 Ampton boat TID: INLANDW.20 USE: Hampton boat DTI: 1990-01-01 anchor 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 anchor lamp 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 anchor windlass TID: SN: Hand or mechanical winch used to raise or lower the anchor of a vessel. BT: cargo handling system component ship's windlass DTI: 1990-01-01 angle furnace 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 anser pin TID: SN: Metal bolt fitted through the hull side of a narrow boat to carry the tunnel hooks. BT: pin RT: tunnel hook DTI: 1990-01-01 anvil TID: SN: Heavy, usually steel or iron blocks on which metal is shaped by hand hammering or forging. BT: blacksmith's equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 apron (boat component) TID: SN: The inner timber of the stempost. BT: below decks watercraft component RT: deadwood keel (boat component) keelson stempost sternpost DTI: 1990-01-01 apron (costume) 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Arbury Canal boat TID: SN: Size and shape unknown. UF: Newdigate Canal boat BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DTI: 1990-01-01 Arisaig Canal boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Arun barge 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 auger 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Aylsham Navigation wherry 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 BACAT barge TID: SN: Barges designed to work with BACAT ship. BT: craft by context transport NT: one hundred and forty ton barge three hundred and seventy ton barge DTI: 1990-01-01 BACAT ship 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: craft by context transport DTI: 1990-01-01 back band 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 back cabin 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 back end rail 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 back flap 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 back stay 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bag hook 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bailer 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bale boat TID: SN: Canal flat with a wide deck designed to carry cotton on the Rochdale Canal. BT: Rochdale flat DTI: 1990-01-01 bale hook TID: SN: A mechanical device with two points which is used with chains for lifting bales. BT: hook DTI: 1990-01-01 ballard 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bank boat TID: INLANDW.46 USE: punt DTI: 1990-01-01 bank tub TID: SN: A floating box with sliding seat and outrigger tethered to the bank and used for technique coaching. BT: training craft DTI: 1990-01-01 Bantock boat TID: SN: Boat with iron sides wooden bottoms but also single wooden side strake built up from the bottoms. BT: Birmingham day boat DTI: 1990-01-01 barge 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 barge pole 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 barge pot TID: INLANDW.51 USE: Measham teapot DTI: 1990-01-01 barges designed to work in multiple units TID: SN: Use a more specific term. BT: barge NT: Fen lighter gang lighter Stour lighter DTI: 1990-01-01 bargeware TID: INLANDW.53 USE: Measham teapot DTI: 1990-01-01 Barnsley keel TID: SN: Variation of the Humber keel, trading to Barnsley. Size 70ft x 14ft 6 inches. BT: Humber keel DTI: 1990-01-01 barrel pump TID: SN: A pump designed to fit into the bung hole of a barrel and pump it out. BT: pump DTI: 1990-01-01 Basingstoke barge 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bastard boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 BCN boat TID: INLANDW.58 USE: Birmingham day boat DTI: 1990-01-01 BCN boat number plate 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 beam (narrow boat) 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 beater TID: INLANDW.61 USE: maul DTI: 1990-01-01 bed hole 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bellows 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 belly band 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 below decks watercraft component 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 watercraft component by context 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 belt 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 belting TID: SN: The timber guard strips attached to larger vessels at deck level to protect from impact and abrasion. BT: below decks watercraft component DTI: 1990-01-01 bench shears 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bending block 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bent iron TID: SN: A caulking iron with a bend in it, used for reaching places that a straight iron cannot reach. BT: caulking iron DTI: 1990-01-01 berthing tug TID: SN: Manoeuvrable vessel used to put larger ships onto the correct berth or to turn them in small waterways. BT: tug DTI: 1990-01-01 best and best punt TID: SN: A single racing punt. BT: racing punt DTI: 1990-01-01 best boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bevel TID: SN: A tool marking a fixed angle other than 90 degrees. UF: bevel gauge BT: measuring equipment NT: boatbuilder's bevel DTI: 1990-01-01 bevel board 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bevel gauge TID: INLANDW.76 USE: bevel DTI: 1990-01-01 bib TID: INLANDW.77 USE: apron (costume) DTI: 1990-01-01 bilge plate TID: SN: Metal shell plate on a vessel which joins the sides to the bottom, often curved. BT: below decks watercraft component DTI: 1990-01-01 bilge pump 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bilges 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 billy boy 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) DTI: 1990-01-01 binnacle TID: INLANDW.82 USE: ship's binnacle DTI: 1990-01-01 Birkenhead flat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Birmingham Canals tub boat TID: SN: A British Waterways experimental design of 1957. Capacity up to 4 tons. BT: tub boat DTI: 1990-01-01 Birmingham day boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bit 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bittern 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bitts TID: SN: Pairs of posts on the deck of a ship for fastening mooring lines or cables. BT: ship's equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 black boat TID: INLANDW.89 USE: tanker boat DTI: 1990-01-01 blacksmith's equipment 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 blinkers 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 blopping board 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 blue top 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: craft by hold covering narrow boat transport RT: river class boat DTI: 1990-01-01 blunt iron TID: INLANDW.95 USE: set iron DTI: 1990-01-01 boat equipment 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 tools and equipment by context 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 boat hook (attachment) 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) DTI: 1990-01-01 boat hook (shaft) 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) DTI: 1990-01-01 boat jack TID: SN: Special jack used in boatyards to raise inland waterways craft. BT: boatbuilding equipment lifting equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 boat lighting equipment 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 boat maintenance equipment 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 boat plate 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 boat registration plate TID: INLANDW.103 USE: boat plate DTI: 1990-01-01 boat repair equipment 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 boat shaft 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 boat weighing machine 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 boatbuilder's adze TID: INLANDW.107 USE: shipwright's adze DTI: 1990-01-01 boatbuilder's bevel 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 boatbuilder's chisel TID: SN: A strong all iron chisel with a parallel blade from 0.75 to 2 inches wide. BT: boatbuilding equipment shipwright's chisel DTI: 1990-01-01 boatbuilder's cramp TID: SN: A large G cramp, often sold as coachbuilder's cramps but in common usage in boatyards. BT: boatbuilding equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 boatbuilding equipment 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 boatman's belt TID: INLANDW.112 USE: spiders web belt DTI: 1990-01-01 boatwoman's bonnet 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bobbin 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bobbins 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 body drag TID: SN: Three hooks joined together on a bar used to drag bodies out of the canal. BT: holding and gripping equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 bollard 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bollard cleat TID: SN: A T shaped bollard which removes the need to use a knot. BT: bollard docking equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 bolt 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bolt rope TID: SN: Rope which is sewn all around the edge of a sail. BT: sail component DTI: 1990-01-01 boning rod TID: SN: A T shaped stake used when sighting levels and falls in excavations. BT: surveying equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 boom 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 boomie 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bosom bar 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bostocks 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bottle screw TID: INLANDW.126 USE: rigging screw DTI: 1990-01-01 bottle stove 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bottom board 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bottom fuller 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bottom swage TID: SN: A swage fitted into the anvil to shape metal from below. BT: swage DTI: 1990-01-01 bow fender 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bow hauled boat TID: SN: A boat that is bow hauled is pulled by a person. BT: craft by propulsion human powered boat transport DTI: 1990-01-01 box boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 box cabin boat TID: SN: A day boat with a cabin. BT: Birmingham day boat craft by accommodation transport DTI: 1990-01-01 box mast 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 boxed trow 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 trow by hull type DTI: 1990-01-01 brail TID: SN: Rope which gathers up a sail to furl it. BT: rigging component RT: brail winch DTI: 1990-01-01 brail winch TID: SN: Hand or mechanically driven drum to gather up the brail rope. BT: rigging component RT: brail DTI: 1990-01-01 branding iron TID: SN: Applied hot (heated in a fire) to a wooden object to burn an impression. BT: blacksmith's equipment marking equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 branding stamp TID: SN: Applied with a hammer to wooden or metal objects, has sharp points to make an impression. BT: marking equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 breaker 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 breasting hook TID: INLANDW.142 USE: tunnel hook DTI: 1990-01-01 breeching strings TID: INLANDW.143 USE: knee strings DTI: 1990-01-01 bricklayer's flat TID: SN: An unpowered low sided boat usually with a cabin for tools used for canal maintenance. BT: work flat DTI: 1990-01-01 Bridgewater flat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Bridgwater barge TID: INLANDW.146 USE: Parrett barge DTI: 1990-01-01 Bridgwater flatner TID: INLANDW.147 USE: Parrett flatner DTI: 1990-01-01 bridle 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 brighouse fender TID: INLANDW.149 USE: bow fender DTI: 1990-01-01 Bristol Avon trow TID: INLANDW.150 USE: Bristol barge DTI: 1990-01-01 Bristol barge 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 broad boat TID: INLANDW.152 USE: Yorkshire keel DTI: 1990-01-01 Brunner TID: INLANDW.153 USE: Weaver packet DTI: 1990-01-01 Buckby can TID: INLANDW.154 USE: watercan DTI: 1990-01-01 bucket dredger TID: SN: A dredger with a continuous chain of scoops working in a central well. BT: dredger DTI: 1990-01-01 Bude Canal tub boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 bulkhead TID: SN: A vertical partition separating compartments on a vessel. BT: above decks watercraft component below decks watercraft component RT: bulkhead light DTI: 1990-01-01 bulkhead light TID: SN: A lamp or lighting device fastened to a bulkhead, usually on a vessel. BT: lighting component RT: bulkhead DTI: 1990-01-01 bullseye TID: SN: A hemispherical glass lens often fitted to the roof of a narrow boat. BT: lighting component RT: decklight DTI: 1990-01-01 bunker lamp 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Burnturk tub boat TID: SN: Tubs carrying from 2 to 10 tons, bow hauled from the bank. BT: tub boat DTI: 1990-01-01 Burton Boat Company Canal boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 button TID: SN: Leather or plastic sheath to prevent it slipping through the crutches; adjustable on modern oars. BT: human powered propulsion system component DTI: 1990-01-01 buttstrap 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 butty boat TID: SN: An unpowered or 'dumb' narrow boat pulled by a motor narrow boat. BT: narrow boat unpowered boat DTI: 1990-01-01 butty tiller TID: SN: The curved wooden lever fitted to the rudder of an unpowered narrow boat to provide steering leverage. BT: tiller DTI: 1990-01-01 cabin block TID: SN: Wedge shaped block used to support the rear most running planks on a narrow boat. BT: boat equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 cabin boat TID: SN: Description for a long distance narrow boat with a living cabin- as referred to by day boatmen. BT: craft by accommodation transport DTI: 1990-01-01 cabin frame TID: SN: Timber structure providing the support and shape to a cabin (usually a canal narrow boat). BT: above decks watercraft component DTI: 1990-01-01 cabin hand bowl TID: INLANDW.170 USE: hand bowl DTI: 1990-01-01 cabin lamp TID: SN: Small lamps for cabin illumination, either hanging or fixed to the wall, often oil lamps. BT: boat lighting equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 cabin mop 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 cabin shaft TID: SN: Short shaft placed on a narrow boat roof for use where a longer boat shaft is not needed. BT: boat shaft DTI: 1990-01-01 cabin slide 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 cabin stool 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 camping boat TID: SN: A craft fitted for overnight accommodation usually under canvas, often a narrow boat hold fitted for camping use. BT: recreational craft DTI: 1990-01-01 camping punt 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 can TID: INLANDW.178 USE: watercan DTI: 1990-01-01 Canadian canoe TID: SN: Native North American canoe originally made of birch bark, propelled by single ended paddles. BT: canoe DTI: 1990-01-01 canal construction equipment TID: SN: Equipment designed for canal construction. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: construction equipment NT: grafting spade puddler DTI: 1990-01-01 canal flat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 canal passenger boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 canal puffer TID: INLANDW.183 USE: steam scow DTI: 1990-01-01 Cann Quarry tub boat TID: SN: Size unknown. BT: tub boat DTI: 1990-01-01 canoe 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 cant frame TID: SN: Frames at the bow and stern which are angled or 'canted' to the keel. BT: frame DTI: 1990-01-01 cants TID: SN: Raised wooden edge to deck area on canal narrow boats. BT: above decks watercraft component DTI: 1990-01-01 carbon fibre boat TID: SN: A boat whose main construction material is carbon fibre. BT: craft by material transport DTI: 1990-01-01 cargo handling equipment 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 cargo handling system component 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 cargo vessel 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 cargo weighing equipment 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 carlin TID: INLANDW.193 USE: carling DTI: 1990-01-01 carline TID: INLANDW.194 USE: carling DTI: 1990-01-01 carling 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 carpenter's adze 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 carrying equipment 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 carvel built boat TID: SN: A boat of a carvel construction with planks butting up to one another to give smooth sides to the boat. BT: craft by construction transport DTI: 1990-01-01 cat's paw TID: INLANDW.200 USE: hand grab DTI: 1990-01-01 catcher TID: INLANDW.199 USE: rond anchor DTI: 1990-01-01 caulking box 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 caulking equipment 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 caulking hammer TID: INLANDW.203 USE: caulking mallet DTI: 1990-01-01 caulking iron 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 caulking mallet 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 ceiling plank TID: SN: A plank which forms part of the lining or ceiling of the vessel's hold. BT: plank (boat component) DTI: 1990-01-01 Cemlyn Canal boat TID: SN: Approximate size 29ft x 9ft. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DTI: 1990-01-01 centre steering cruiser 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 centre thwart TID: SN: The seat in the centre of a rowing boat. BT: thwart DTI: 1990-01-01 chain plate 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 chalico 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 channel clearance craft TID: SN: Craft designed for clearing the channel on inland waterways. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: craft by function transport NT: dredger ice breaker ice clearer surface debris clearer weed cutting boat DTI: 1990-01-01 Chelmer barge 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Chesterfield Canal boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 chipping hammer TID: SN: Used for boat and boiler maintenance for removing rust and scale. BT: striking equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 chisel 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 chock (boat component) TID: SN: Shaped piece of timber set between the hawse timbers of a keel. BT: above decks watercraft component DTI: 1990-01-01 chopper (oar) TID: SN: A type of oar. BT: oar DTI: 1990-01-01 chronometer 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 cill scoop TID: INLANDW.220 USE: sill scoop DTI: 1990-01-01 Cinderford Canal boat TID: SN: Size and shape unknown. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DTI: 1990-01-01 clamshell TID: INLANDW.222 USE: grab dredger DTI: 1990-01-01 cleaning equipment 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 tools and equipment by process NT: cabin mop DTI: 1990-01-01 clew TID: SN: The bottom corner of a fore and aft sail nearest the mast. BT: sail component RT: clewline DTI: 1990-01-01 clewline 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 clinker built boat TID: SN: A boat of clinker construction where the planks overlap one another. BT: craft by construction transport NT: coxed twelve funny perfect peter boat rumtum shallop wager DTI: 1990-01-01 clinker eight 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 clinker four 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 clue line TID: INLANDW.229 USE: clewline DTI: 1990-01-01 coal boat TID: INLANDW.230 USE: Yorkshire keel DTI: 1990-01-01 coal box 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Coalisland tub boat TID: SN: Tub boats carrying 2 tons, 10ft x 4ft 6in. BT: tub boat DTI: 1990-01-01 coaming TID: SN: The raised sides of a hatch. BT: above decks watercraft component NT: door coaming hatch coaming scuttle coaming RT: blopping board headledge DTI: 1990-01-01 coastal four 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 coastal single TID: SN: Sculling boat wider in the beam than a conventional sculling boat to cope with sea conditions. BT: competitive craft human powered boat DTI: 1990-01-01 coaster TID: INLANDW.236 USE: outside puffer DTI: 1990-01-01 coffin plate TID: SN: The plate joining two side plates over the keel of a vessel at the stern. BT: below decks watercraft component DTI: 1990-01-01 cold chisel TID: SN: Used for cutting cold metal. BT: blacksmith's equipment chisel DTI: 1990-01-01 cold set TID: SN: A cutting tool for cold metal, usually with a wooden handle and a roughly triangular shaped metal head. BT: blacksmith's equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 collapsible canoe TID: SN: A kayak that comes apart and stores in a bag. BT: canoe DTI: 1990-01-01 college barge 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 committee boat TID: SN: Boats used by a committee to inspect its waterway, a variety of craft were built for this purpose. BT: inspection boat DTI: 1990-01-01 communication system component 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 communications equipment 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 tools and equipment by process NT: diver's telephone horn klaxon ship's megaphone ship's telegraph siren speaking tube DTI: 1990-01-01 competitive craft TID: SN: Inland waterways craft designed for use in competition. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: craft by function 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 component by general context TID: d4e8 BT: components NT: fastener component by specific context TID: d4e23 BT: components NT: lighting component system component watercraft component components TID: NT: component by general context component by specific context swan's neck DTI: 1990-01-01 composite boat TID: SN: A boat whose hull is constructed from metal with a wooden bottom. BT: craft by material transport DTI: 1990-01-01 Compstall Canal boat TID: SN: Possibly a tub boat, size 22ft x 6ft 5 inches x 3ft 6 inches. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DTI: 1990-01-01 concrete boat TID: SN: A boat whose main construction material is concrete. BT: craft by material transport DTI: 1990-01-01 construction equipment 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 tools and equipment by process NT: boatbuilding equipment canal construction equipment sailmaking equipment shipbuilding equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 containers TID: NT: Measham teapot water tank watercan DTI: 1990-01-01 cooking equipment TID: SN: Equipment designed for cooking in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: heating equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 coracle 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 costume TID: NT: apron (costume) belt boatwoman's bonnet gansey DTI: 1990-01-01 countersunk head nail 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 countersunk head rivet TID: SN: A type of rivet used where a level surface finish is required. BT: rivet DTI: 1990-01-01 cowl ventilator TID: SN: A type of ventilator fitted to ships and barges. BT: ventilator DTI: 1990-01-01 cox box TID: SN: Used by a cox in competitive craft. BT: communication system component DTI: 1990-01-01 coxed eight 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 coxed four 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 coxed pair TID: SN: A pair-oar with a coxswain. Rowers use one oar each. UF: 2+ BT: competitive craft human powered boat DTI: 1990-01-01 coxed twelve 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 coxless four 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 coxless pair TID: SN: A racing shell for two rowers without a coxswain. Rowers use one oar each. UF: 2- BT: competitive craft human powered boat DTI: 1990-01-01 coxwains TID: SN: The seat at the stern of a rowing boat. BT: thwart DTI: 1990-01-01 craft by accommodation TID: d4e44 BT: transport NT: box cabin boat cabin boat house lighter open boat open day boat craft by construction TID: d4e72 BT: transport NT: carvel built boat clinker built boat moulded boat craft by context TID: d4e94 BT: transport NT: Aire and Calder compartment boat BACAT barge BACAT ship jebus mine boat one hundred and seventy ton compartment boat tub boat craft by function TID: d4e128 BT: transport NT: channel clearance craft competitive craft recreational craft service craft training craft transport craft waste disposal vessel craft by hold covering TID: d4e162 BT: transport NT: blue top henpeeked craft by material TID: d4e180 BT: transport NT: aluminium boat carbon fibre boat composite boat concrete boat fibreglass boat iron boat skin boat steel boat titanium boat wooden boat craft by motive power TID: d4e224 BT: transport NT: diesel powered boat electric powered boat equine animal powered boat fixed line powered boat human powered boat petrol powered boat steam powered boat tide or current powered boat unpowered boat wind powered boat craft by propulsion TID: d4e268 BT: transport NT: bow hauled boat oar propelled boat paddle propelled boat paddle wheel propelled boat propeller boat punt pole propelled boat sail propelled boat sweep propelled boat towed boat water wheel propelled boat cramp 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 crane TID: SN: Machines for raising, shifting, or lowering heavy weights, usually by means of a projecting swinging arm. BT: lifting equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 crane barge TID: SN: A craft permanently fitted with a crane generally in use for maintenance work. BT: service craft DTI: 1990-01-01 cratch 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 cratch board (horizontal) 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 cratch board (triangular) TID: INLANDW.278 USE: deck board DTI: 1990-01-01 cratch cloth TID: INLANDW.279 USE: deck cloth DTI: 1990-01-01 cringle TID: SN: A metal or rope eye sewn into the sail. BT: sail component DTI: 1990-01-01 crochet lace TID: SN: Produced by boatwomen to trim aprons and bonnets and also to make curtains for narrow boat cabins. BT: boat equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 crome TID: SN: A long handled bent fork used for clearing weed on the Norfolk Broads. BT: waterway maintenance equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 Crooke mine boat TID: SN: Boats used on the 1100 yard tunnel into the coal mine at Crooke on the Leeds Liverpool Canal. BT: mine boat DTI: 1990-01-01 cross board TID: SN: A bottom board set across the width of the vessel. BT: bottom board DTI: 1990-01-01 Croydon Canal boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 cruiser 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 crupper 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 crutches 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 cuckoo boat TID: INLANDW.289 USE: Chesterfield Canal boat DTI: 1990-01-01 curry comb TID: SN: Special curved back double toothed comb with separate handle for grooming short body hair on a horse. BT: equine maintenance equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 cut flat TID: INLANDW.291 USE: canal flat DTI: 1990-01-01 cutting equipment 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 cutwater TID: INLANDW.293 USE: jebus DTI: 1990-01-01 Cyfarthfa Canal tub boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 day boat TID: INLANDW.295 USE: open day boat DTI: 1990-01-01 day boat (leisure) 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 deadeye 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 deadwood 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 deck beam (carling) TID: INLANDW.299 USE: carling DTI: 1990-01-01 deck beam (narrow boat) 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 deck board 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 deck bolt TID: SN: Cheese headed bolt used to secure wooden planking to metal decking. BT: bolt DTI: 1990-01-01 deck bucket TID: SN: Bucket designed for use in tasks on a ship's deck. BT: ship's bucket DTI: 1990-01-01 deck cloth 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) DTI: 1990-01-01 deck iron TID: INLANDW.305 USE: reaming iron DTI: 1990-01-01 deck ledge TID: INLANDW.306 USE: headledge DTI: 1990-01-01 deck lid 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 deck plank TID: SN: One of the planks making up the deck of a vessel. BT: plank (boat component) DTI: 1990-01-01 deck plate TID: SN: Plate forming part of the deck of a metal vessel. BT: above decks watercraft component DTI: 1990-01-01 decklight TID: SN: Glass block set into a deck to allow light to pass into below deck spaces. BT: lighting component RT: bullseye DTI: 1990-01-01 deckspace 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 derrick TID: SN: Type of crane with suspended swinging jib. BT: cargo handling equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 derrick pole 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 diesel powered boat TID: SN: A boat whose motive power source is a diesel engine. BT: craft by motive power transport NT: motor narrow boat DTI: 1990-01-01 dipper 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 diver's airhose TID: INLANDW.316 USE: diver's airline DTI: 1990-01-01 diver's airline 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 diver's airpump 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 diver's belt weight 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 diver's breast weight 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 diver's knife TID: SN: Heavy duty knife for underwater emergency use and for clearing tangled rope work. BT: diving equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 diver's pump box TID: INLANDW.322 USE: diver's airpump DTI: 1990-01-01 diver's telephone 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 diving boots 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 diving compressor 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 diving corselet TID: SN: Lower part of the metal portion of the diving dress to which the helmet screws. BT: diving equipment RT: diving helmet DTI: 1990-01-01 diving dress TID: SN: The complete outfit worn by a diver for working underwater to provide air and protection. BT: diving equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 diving equipment 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 tools and equipment by process 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 diving helmet 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 diving suit 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 diving support craft TID: SN: Any craft specifically equipped to pump air or provide assistance to divers. BT: service craft DTI: 1990-01-01 docker's hook TID: INLANDW.332 USE: bag hook DTI: 1990-01-01 docking equipment TID: SN: Equipment designed for use in docking activities. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: tools and equipment tools and equipment by process NT: bollard bollard cleat roller fairlead ship's fairlead DTI: 1990-01-01 dodger TID: SN: A short half-rigged fixed-seat boat used for pleasure boating at Eton. BT: human powered boat recreational craft DTI: 1990-01-01 dog leg TID: INLANDW.335 USE: rond anchor DTI: 1990-01-01 dolly TID: SN: Mushroom shaped bollard found on the back of canal motor narrow boats. BT: above decks watercraft component DTI: 1990-01-01 door coaming TID: SN: A raised wall below a door opening to keep water out. BT: coaming DTI: 1990-01-01 dory TID: SN: Flat-bottomed inrigger rowing boat, American, but a common term. BT: human powered boat recreational craft DTI: 1990-01-01 double bag hook 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 double bladed paddle TID: SN: Blade at each end of the paddle. BT: paddle DTI: 1990-01-01 double crease iron 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 double ender TID: SN: Open boat with a fixing for the 'elum' at either end. BT: Birmingham day boat DTI: 1990-01-01 double scull TID: SN: Racing shell for two scullers without cox. Scullers use two oars each. UF: x2 BT: competitive craft human powered boat DTI: 1990-01-01 dragon boat TID: SN: Chinese canoe for up to 22 paddlers, coxswain and drummer. BT: human powered boat recreational craft DTI: 1990-01-01 dredger 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 dredging bucket TID: SN: Bucket used as part of a dredging apparatus. BT: dredging equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 dredging equipment 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 dredging spoon 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 drench horn TID: SN: Hollowed out cow horn used for administering patent medication to horses to cure illness. BT: equine maintenance equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 Driffield keel TID: SN: Variation of the Humber Keel, trading to Driffield. Size 61ft x 14ft 6 inches. BT: Humber keel DTI: 1990-01-01 drilling equipment 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 driving whip TID: SN: A whip used to drive the horse on, similar to but shorter than a smacking whip. BT: equine driving equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 dual steering cruiser 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Dudley Canal tunnel boat TID: SN: A short and very narrow boat was used in the limestone quarry tunnels. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DTI: 1990-01-01 Duker flat TID: INLANDW.355 USE: Bridgewater flat DTI: 1990-01-01 dydle 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 ear protectors 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Eardington Forge Canal boat TID: SN: Size and shape unknown. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DTI: 1990-01-01 electric powered boat TID: SN: A boat whose motive power source is an electric engine. BT: craft by motive power transport DTI: 1990-01-01 elum TID: INLANDW.360 USE: rudder DTI: 1990-01-01 Emmets Canal boat TID: SN: Size and shape unknown. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DTI: 1990-01-01 engine 'ole 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 engine 'ole slide 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 engine room lamp 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 engineering equipment TID: SN: Equipment used for inland waterways engineering purposes. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: tools and equipment tools and equipment by process NT: pattern DTI: 1990-01-01 engineers inspection boat TID: SN: Boat specifically desgined for an engineering inspection rather than committee surveys. BT: inspection boat DTI: 1990-01-01 equine animal powered boat TID: SN: A boat whose motive power source is an equine animal. BT: craft by motive power transport NT: horse boat DTI: 1990-01-01 equine driving equipment 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 equine equipment 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 tools and equipment by context 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 equine maintenance equipment 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 equine powered propulsion system component 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 eye bolt TID: SN: Bolt with a forged ring or eye used to provide a securing point in wooden or metal structure. BT: bolt DTI: 1990-01-01 face piece 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 false cratch 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 false martingale TID: INLANDW.375 USE: martingale DTI: 1990-01-01 fastener TID: SN: Grouping term for fasteners associated with inland waterways. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: component by general context components NT: back flap bolt nail pin rivet rove rudder pintle DTI: 1990-01-01 feed bag 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 feed basket 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 feed bowl 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 feed can TID: INLANDW.380 USE: feed tin DTI: 1990-01-01 feed tin 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Fen lighter 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Fen punt TID: SN: Fenland open craft up to 18ft in length. BT: punt DTI: 1990-01-01 fender 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 ferry 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 fibreglass boat TID: SN: A boat whose main construction material is fibreglass. BT: craft by material transport DTI: 1990-01-01 fid 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 fire fighting vessel TID: SN: A craft designed to fight fire as its sole job. UF: fire float BT: service craft DTI: 1990-01-01 fire float TID: INLANDW.389 USE: fire fighting vessel DTI: 1990-01-01 first boat TID: INLANDW.390 USE: horse drawn narrow boat DTI: 1990-01-01 fishing dinghy TID: SN: Wooden rowing boat used to carry anglers. BT: recreational craft DTI: 1990-01-01 fixed line powered boat TID: SN: A boat whose motive power source is provided by a fixed line. BT: craft by motive power transport DTI: 1990-01-01 flattener 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 flatter TID: INLANDW.394 USE: flattener DTI: 1990-01-01 float (boat) 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 float (component) TID: SN: The timbers that bind together the upper end of a rudder blade. BT: above decks watercraft component RT: rudder DTI: 1990-01-01 float type gauging stick 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 floor TID: SN: The lowest part of the framing of a vessel. BT: below decks watercraft component RT: keel (boat component) keelson top timber DTI: 1990-01-01 flush decked trow 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 trow by hull type DTI: 1990-01-01 fly boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 foghorn TID: SN: A device used to warn boats and ships in fog. BT: horn NT: ship's foghorn DTI: 1990-01-01 folding gauging stick TID: SN: A gauging stick that folded up for easier portability. BT: gauging stick measuring equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 fore cabin TID: SN: The (usually) small cabin set into the bow of a boat. BT: above decks watercraft component DTI: 1990-01-01 fore roller TID: SN: A hand cranked roller on a keel, used for working the sails. BT: rigging component DTI: 1990-01-01 fore stay 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 fore thwart TID: SN: The seat placed across the width (beam) of a rowing boat at the bow. BT: thwart DTI: 1990-01-01 foresail TID: SN: A usually triangular sail, fitted at or near the bows of a vessel. BT: sail component DTI: 1990-01-01 forming and shaping equipment 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 tools and equipment by process NT: blacksmith's equipment cutting equipment drilling equipment forming equipment piercing equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 forming equipment 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Forth and Clyde scow TID: SN: Scow 60 ft long and 13ft 6 inches wide for use on the Forth and Clyde or Monklands Canal. BT: scow DTI: 1990-01-01 forward steering cruiser TID: SN: Motor cruiser steered from the front. BT: motor cruiser DTI: 1990-01-01 founding equipment 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 tools and equipment by process NT: bellows pattern tue iron DTI: 1990-01-01 frame 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 french chalk vice 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 frontloader TID: SN: A boat in which the coxswain lies in the bows. BT: competitive craft human powered boat DTI: 1990-01-01 frost cog 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 frost nail 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 full box trow TID: SN: Trow with the hold built up and side decks flush with the bow. BT: trow DTI: 1990-01-01 fuller 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 funny 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 futtock saw 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 futtocks 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 G cramp 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 gabbart 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 gaff 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 game block 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 gang lighter TID: SN: Boats working with other lighters in a specific train. BT: barges designed to work in multiple units DTI: 1990-01-01 gansey 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 garboard strake TID: SN: The lowest strake of planking adjoining the keel. BT: strake DTI: 1990-01-01 gate TID: SN: Bar across a rowlock to retain an oar. BT: human powered propulsion system component DTI: 1990-01-01 gauging stick 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 gear 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 gig 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 gimbal 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 gin block TID: SN: A single sheave open framed pulley block for cargo lifting purposes. BT: cargo handling system component DTI: 1990-01-01 girder chain 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 girder strings TID: SN: The strings used to secure the running planks of a narrow boat in place. BT: above decks watercraft component RT: running planks DTI: 1990-01-01 girth strap TID: INLANDW.438 USE: belly band DTI: 1990-01-01 Glamorganshire Canal boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Glamorganshire Canal boat number plate TID: SN: Painted tinplate sign with the boat registration number on it, roughly 1ft square with irregular corners. BT: boat plate DTI: 1990-01-01 Glasgow Paisley Ardrossan boat TID: SN: Very little known. Cargo fly boat, 74ft 4 inches long. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DTI: 1990-01-01 globe lamp 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 gouge 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 grab bucket TID: SN: A bucket in two halves, capable of being mechanically opened and closed to pick up loose materials. BT: cargo handling system component DTI: 1990-01-01 grab dredger TID: SN: A dredger with a crane operated set of jaws lifting individual portions of materials. UF: clamshell BT: dredger DTI: 1990-01-01 grafting spade TID: SN: A digging tool used for trenching. BT: canal construction equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 Grand Union Canal tub boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Grand Union Canal wide boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Grand Western and Chard Canal tub boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 grapnel TID: INLANDW.450 USE: grappling iron DTI: 1990-01-01 grapnel anchor TID: SN: An anchor consisting of multiple prongs joined at their bases to a shank and ring. BT: anchor DTI: 1990-01-01 grappling iron 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 ground anchor TID: INLANDW.453 USE: rond anchor DTI: 1990-01-01 grounds 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 guard iron 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 guard nail TID: INLANDW.456 USE: countersunk head nail DTI: 1990-01-01 gun punt 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 gunnel TID: INLANDW.458 USE: gunwhale DTI: 1990-01-01 gunwhale 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 gusset TID: SN: A metal plate, usually triangular, used to join two structural members to each other at right angles. BT: below decks watercraft component DTI: 1990-01-01 Gwauncaegurwen mine boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Haigh Canal boat TID: SN: Size and shape unknown. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DTI: 1990-01-01 half boxed trow 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 trow by hull type DTI: 1990-01-01 half rater 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 halter 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 halyard TID: SN: A rope for raising or lowering yards up and down masts. BT: rigging component RT: mast yard DTI: 1990-01-01 halyard roller TID: SN: The winch to which a halyard is put to assist in lowering or raising the yard. BT: rigging component DTI: 1990-01-01 hames 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Hampton boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 hand bowl 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 hand fid 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 hand grab 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 hand hook TID: INLANDW.473 USE: bag hook DTI: 1990-01-01 handling equipment 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 tools and equipment by process NT: cargo handling equipment carrying equipment holding and gripping equipment lifting equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 handspike 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 handy billy TID: SN: A ten-foot shaft or boat hook, used on Humber keels. BT: boat hook (shaft) DTI: 1990-01-01 hanging knee TID: SN: A knee fitted to support downwards loads. BT: knee DTI: 1990-01-01 hanging up plate TID: INLANDW.478 USE: ribbon plate DTI: 1990-01-01 harbourmaster unit TID: SN: Large detachable motor used on experimental river class boats. BT: marine engine RT: river class boat DTI: 1990-01-01 hardie 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 hardy TID: INLANDW.481 USE: hardie DTI: 1990-01-01 Harecastle mine boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 harness 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 hatch coaming TID: SN: The raised 'wall' round a hatch opening. BT: coaming DTI: 1990-01-01 hatches 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 hawse eye 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 hawse plate 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 hawse port TID: INLANDW.488 USE: hawse eye DTI: 1990-01-01 hawse timber TID: SN: Substantial timbers at the stem pierced by the hawse eyes. BT: above decks watercraft component RT: chock (boat component) hawse eye DTI: 1990-01-01 head collar TID: INLANDW.490 USE: horse collar DTI: 1990-01-01 head gear TID: INLANDW.491 USE: bridle DTI: 1990-01-01 headledge 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 heating equipment 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 tools and equipment by process NT: bellows bottle stove cooking equipment ship's forecastle stove DTI: 1990-01-01 hedging mitts TID: SN: Protective leather mitten type gloves used for waterway work. BT: lifesaving and protective equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 hellum TID: INLANDW.495 USE: rudder DTI: 1990-01-01 henpeeked 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: craft by hold covering transport Yorkshire keel DTI: 1990-01-01 hockey stick icebreaker 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 hodder TID: SN: A heart shaped peat spade used for cutting channels. BT: waterway maintenance equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 hog TID: SN: A substantial fore and aft timber fitted on top of a keelson. BT: below decks watercraft component RT: keelson DTI: 1990-01-01 hold TID: SN: An unobstructed space in a vessel in which cargo is kept. BT: below decks watercraft component DTI: 1990-01-01 holding and gripping equipment TID: BT: handling equipment NT: body drag cramp french chalk vice ice tongs DTI: 1990-01-01 hook TID: SN: A hook shaped implement, used for handling cargoes. BT: cargo handling equipment NT: bag hook bale hook timber hook DTI: 1990-01-01 horn TID: SN: An instrument sounding a warning or other signal. BT: communications equipment NT: foghorn DTI: 1990-01-01 Horncastle keel TID: SN: Variation on the Humber keel, trading on the Horncastle Canal. Size 54ft x 14ft. BT: Humber keel DTI: 1990-01-01 horse (component) 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 horse bit 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 horse boat TID: SN: Boats propelled using (usually) either horses, mules or donkeys. BT: equine animal powered boat NT: horse drawn narrow boat DTI: 1990-01-01 horse collar 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 horse drawn narrow boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 horse shoe 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 hot chisel 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 hot set 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 hotel boat TID: SN: A craft crewed by the owners or their staff offering overnight accommodation in beds or bunks in separate cabins. BT: recreational craft DTI: 1990-01-01 hotholer 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 house lighter TID: SN: The living boat of a gang of fen lighters. BT: craft by accommodation transport RT: Fen lighter DTI: 1990-01-01 hoy 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 human powered boat TID: SN: A boat whose motive power source is provided by a person. BT: craft by motive power 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 human powered propulsion system component 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Humber keel 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Humber sloop 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 hydraulic pump TID: SN: Dock equipment. BT: pump DTI: 1990-01-01 hydraulic ram 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 ice breaker 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 ice clearer TID: SN: A craft designed to clear a channel of broken ice. BT: channel clearance craft service craft DTI: 1990-01-01 ice plates 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 ice tongs TID: SN: Large tongs used for removing broken ice from the canal. BT: holding and gripping equipment waterway maintenance equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 iceboat TID: INLANDW.527 USE: ice breaker DTI: 1990-01-01 injection dredger 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 inside flat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 inspection boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 iron boat TID: SN: A boat whose main construction material is iron. BT: craft by material transport NT: iron spout iron trow DTI: 1990-01-01 iron spout TID: SN: Transom sterned non tidal keel made of iron and used on the Aire and Calder Navigation. BT: iron boat Yorkshire keel DTI: 1990-01-01 iron trow TID: SN: Built for Danks from iron, otherwise trow shaped boats. BT: iron boat trow DTI: 1990-01-01 jack plane TID: SN: A plane used to smooth and prepare rough timber. BT: plane DTI: 1990-01-01 jebus 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: craft by context transport RT: Aire and Calder compartment boat DTI: 1990-01-01 jerry iron 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 jib TID: SN: A triangular sail, usually fitted at or near the bow of a vessel. BT: sail component DTI: 1990-01-01 jigger (mast) TID: INLANDW.539 USE: mizzen DTI: 1990-01-01 jigger (ram) TID: INLANDW.540 USE: hydraulic ram DTI: 1990-01-01 jigger flat TID: SN: A ketch rigged flat two masted with booms and gaffs. BT: inside flat outside flat DTI: 1990-01-01 joey boat TID: INLANDW.541 USE: Birmingham day boat DTI: 1990-01-01 jointer plane 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 josher 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 narrow boat by type DTI: 1990-01-01 kayak TID: SN: Inuit canoe originally made of sewn skins, propelled by double-ended paddle. BT: canoe RT: Rob Roy DTI: 1990-01-01 keb TID: SN: An iron rake used to bring up coals and other items from the bottom of the canal. BT: waterway maintenance equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 kedge anchor TID: SN: A subsidiary anchor, used to adjust or reinforce position when moored. BT: anchor DTI: 1990-01-01 keel (boat component) 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 keel (boat) 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 keel bar TID: SN: Metal bar forming the keel of a metal vessel. BT: below decks watercraft component DTI: 1990-01-01 keel wherry TID: INLANDW.548 USE: Norfolk keel DTI: 1990-01-01 keelson 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 kelsey TID: INLANDW.552 USE: keelson DTI: 1990-01-01 kelson TID: INLANDW.553 USE: keelson DTI: 1990-01-01 Kennet barge 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 ketch rigged trow 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 trow by rig type DTI: 1990-01-01 Kidwelly and Llanelli tub boat TID: SN: 6 ton boats used throughout the life of the canal. BT: tub boat DTI: 1990-01-01 Kilbagie Canal boat TID: SN: Size and shape unknown. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DTI: 1990-01-01 klaxon TID: SN: A device designed to make a warning noise. BT: communications equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 knee 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 knee strings 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 Kymer tub boat TID: SN: Tub boats used on this Camarthenshire canal to transport coal and limestone. BT: tub boat DTI: 1990-01-01 lace plate TID: INLANDW.562 USE: ribbon plate DTI: 1990-01-01 Lancaster Canal boat 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 land chain TID: SN: A series of sized lengths, linked together in a chain to measure out a distance. BT: surveying equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 lanyard TID: SN: A line passed through the holes in a deadeye to tighten up standing rigging. BT: rigging component RT: chain plate deadeye DTI: 1990-01-01 large Northwich 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 large Ricky 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 large Woolwich 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 last boat TID: INLANDW.569 USE: horse drawn narrow boat DTI: 1990-01-01 launch 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 launch lamp TID: INLANDW.571 USE: tricolour lamp DTI: 1990-01-01 leading edge TID: INLANDW.572 USE: luff DTI: 1990-01-01 Lee barge TID: SN: Open holded Thames barge with a stumpy rig built to fit the river Lee. BT: Thames barge NT: Lee lighter DTI: 1990-01-01 Lee lighter TID: SN: Unrigged version of Lee barge,72' long by 13'x15' wide. BT: Lee barge Thames lighter DTI: 1990-01-01 leeboard 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 DTI: 1990-01-01 leeboard clam TID: SN: Winch for pulling leeboards up when not in use. BT: rigging component RT: leeboard DTI: 1990-01-01 leech TID: SN: The after edge (furthest from the mast) of a sail. BT: sail component RT: sprit DTI: 1990-01-01 Leeds and Liverpool craft TID: SN: Craft designed for use on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: barge NT: Leeds and Liverpool fly boat Leeds and Liverpool long boat Leeds and Liverpool short boat DTI: 1990-01-01 Leeds and Liverpool fly boat TID: SN: For 'express' use along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Size 62ft x 14ft 3 inches but with finer lines than usual craft for extra speed. BT: fly boat Leeds and Liverpool craft DTI: 1990-01-01 Leeds and Liverpool long boat TID: SN: Craft designed for use on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, size 72ft x 14ft 3 inches for use between Liverpool and Wigan where the locks are only 62ft long. Draws on original use of the canal by River Douglas flats. UF: Liverpool sider BT: Leeds and Liverpool craft DTI: 1990-01-01 Leeds and Liverpool short boat TID: SN: Craft designed for use on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, size 62ft x 14ft 3 inches in order to fit the locks between Wigan and Leeds. Draws on original keel and flat influences. BT: Leeds and Liverpool craft DTI: 1990-01-01 leg vice TID: SN: Any of the various blacksmithing vices that have one long leg which is attached to a bench (and often supported at the foot) and a simple spring mechanism to hold the jaws open. BT: blacksmith's equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 letter flag TID: SN: A flag which represents a letter in flag code. BT: signal flag DTI: 1990-01-01 letterbox ventilator TID: SN: Small cast metal ventilator fixed to the cabin sides of some narrow boats. BT: ventilator DTI: 1990-01-01 lewis TID: SN: Metal devices consisting of dovetail tenons; used to hoist heavy units of masonry. BT: lifting equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 life belt TID: SN: A ring of buoyant material, used to help someone stay afloat in water. BT: lifesaving and protective equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 life jacket TID: SN: A buoyant garment worn over the upper body to enable a person to stay afloat in water. BT: lifesaving and protective equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 lifesaving and protective equipment TID: SN: Equipment designed for lifesaving and protective purposes in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: tools and equipment tools and equipment by process NT: hedging mitts life belt life jacket pitch hood puddling boots waders DTI: 1990-01-01 lifting equipment TID: SN: Equipment designed for lifting in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: handling equipment NT: boat jack crane hydraulic ram lewis winch DTI: 1990-01-01 lightener TID: INLANDW.590 USE: Thames lighter DTI: 1990-01-01 lighter TID: SN: Generally a boat for transferring cargo from a large boat to another craft or the bank. BT: barge NT: Fen lighter Stour lighter Thames lighter DTI: 1990-01-01 lighting component TID: SN: Objects which are components of an ionland waterways object with a lighting function.. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: component by specific context components NT: bulkhead light bullseye decklight portlight DTI: 1990-01-01 Lincoln keel TID: SN: Variation of the Humber keel, trading to Lincoln. Size 74ft 9 inches x 15ft. BT: Humber keel DTI: 1990-01-01 lining piece TID: INLANDW.594 USE: lining plank DTI: 1990-01-01 lining plank TID: SN: Large wooden plank fixed inside the top edge of a wooden narrow boat to give stiffness and longitudinal strength and support to the inboard edge of the gunwhale. UF: lining piece BT: plank (boat component) DTI: 1990-01-01 Liskeard and Looe Union boat TID: SN: 57ft x 10f (lock size) (proposed as a tub boat canal). Very little known. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DTI: 1990-01-01 Liverpool sider TID: INLANDW.597 USE: Leeds and Liverpool long boat DTI: 1990-01-01 Llechryd Canal boat TID: SN: Size and shape unknown. BT: miscellaneous cargo craft types DTI: 1990-01-01 lock lifter TID: SN: Fitted with an A frame for lifting and transporting lock gates. BT: service craft DTI: 1990-01-01 lock windlass TID: INLANDW.600 USE: windlass DTI: 1990-01-01 lodging knee TID: SN: A shaped bracket of either timber or metal which both joins and reinforces the join between component of the vessel's structure. BT: knee DTI: 1990-01-01 long board TID: SN: Fore and aft plank in the bottom of a wooden vessel. BT: below decks watercraft component DTI: 1990-01-01 long boat (rowing) TID: SN: The longest and largest of several boats carried by a sea-going ship. It could be used, however, on tidal rivers and estuaries, propelled by ten oars, often double-banked. This meant that two rowers shared the same thwart or bench. BT: human powered boat DTI: 1990-01-01 long distance passenger boat TID: SN: Many canal routes had long distance passenger boats until the coming of the railways. Boats would include a first class saloon and either one or two other classes. BT: canal passenger boat DTI: 1990-01-01 longboat TID: INLANDW.605 USE: narrow boat DTI: 1990-01-01 loobey TID: INLANDW.606 USE: luby DTI: 1990-01-01 louvre ventilator TID: SN: Pressed metal ventilators. BT: ventilator DTI: 1990-01-01 luby TID: SN: A forged metal pin fitted to the top of a narrow boat top mast, fitted with rearward pivotting pin and return spring to act as a safety device to prevent the horse being pulled into the canal should the boat overtake the horse. UF: loobey BT: equine powered propulsion system component RT: top mast DTI: 1990-01-01 luff TID: SN: The leading edge of a fore and aft sail. (As a verb 'to luff' is to turn closer to the wind). UF: leading edge BT: sail component DTI: 1990-01-01 luff barge TID: SN: Squat, round-fronted or bowed barge in use during the early nineteenth century on the Thames and the Medway. BT: barge DTI: 1990-01-01 luggage boat TID: INLANDW.611 USE: market boat DTI: 1990-01-01 lutchet TID: SN: An open backed support for a towing mast, usually found on keels. BT: equine powered propulsion system component DTI: 1990-01-01 macon TID: SN: A type of oar. BT: oar DTI: 1990-01-01 main course TID: SN: The largest sail of a suit of sails for a square rigged vessel. BT: sail component DTI: 1990-01-01 main sail TID: SN: The largest sail of a suit of sails for a fore and aft rigged vessel. BT: sail component RT: top sail DTI: 1990-01-01 main sheet TID: SN: The rope which controls the largest sail. BT: rigging component DTI: 1990-01-01 main sheet horse TID: SN: A wooden or metal bar fixed athwartships (across the width of the vessel) to the deck of a sailing vessel on to which the main sheet is fastened, usually being able to slide along the horse. BT: horse (component) DTI: 1990-01-01 maintenance and repairing equipment TID: SN: Equipment designed for use in maintenance and repair in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: tools and equipment tools and equipment by process NT: boat maintenance equipment boat repair equipment dredging equipment ship repair equipment waterway maintenance equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 making iron TID: SN: A flat or grooved edge iron used to compress the oakum in the seam. BT: caulking iron NT: double crease iron single crease iron treble crease iron DTI: 1990-01-01 mall TID: INLANDW.620 USE: maul DTI: 1990-01-01 Manchester flat TID: SN: Adaptation of the Mersey flat. Manchester flats sailed along the Bridgewater Canal. BT: canal flat DTI: 1990-01-01 mandrel TID: SN: Cylindrical tapered rods of iron or wood designed to hold a hollow part while it is being forged or turned. BT: blacksmith's equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 mane comb TID: SN: Grooming comb for untangling mane and tail hair. BT: equine maintenance equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 Manvers keel TID: SN: Variation of the Humber keel, trading principally to Manvers Main colliery on the Dearne and Dove Canal. Size 58ft x 14ft 10 inches. BT: Humber keel DTI: 1990-01-01 margin plank TID: SN: The outermost plank of a wooden deck. BT: above decks watercraft component plank (boat component) DTI: 1990-01-01 marine engine TID: SN: An engine designed for use in boats or ships. BT: motive power producing equipment NT: harbourmaster unit DTI: 1990-01-01 market boat TID: SN: Carrying goods and passengers over short distances, principally to markets. UF: luggage boat BT: canal passenger boat DTI: 1990-01-01 marking equipment TID: SN: Equipment designed for marking in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: tools and equipment tools and equipment by process NT: branding iron branding stamp punch DTI: 1990-01-01 marline spike TID: SN: A pointed iron spike 6-18 inches long, usually pierced at the head. Used for opening the strands of ropes when splicing. BT: rope working equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 martingale TID: SN: Decorative shaped leather connecting strap, usually fitted with brasses. Hangs between the horse's fore legs. Fixed to lower point of the collar and belly band. UF: false martingale BT: equine equipment equine powered propulsion system component DTI: 1990-01-01 mast TID: SN: Vertical pole, often supported by stays and shrouds, providing an anchor point for sails or towing. BT: above decks watercraft component NT: mizzen pole mast polka mast RT: bobbin halyard mast step shroud spar stand stay yard DTI: 1990-01-01 mast and spar component TID: SN: Objects which are components of mast and spar systems. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: wind powered propulsion system component NT: bobbin boom gaff sprit tabernacle top mast truck (boat component) DTI: 1990-01-01 mast box TID: SN: Heavily constructed wooden box, approx 6ft x 10 x 10 with a hollow centre to house and support a sliding towing mast on canal narrow boats. BT: equine powered propulsion system component DTI: 1990-01-01 mast flat TID: INLANDW.634 USE: Mersey sailing flat DTI: 1990-01-01 mast pin TID: SN: Metal pin used to secure the top mast into the box mast at the required height on narrow boats. BT: pin RT: box mast top mast DTI: 1990-01-01 mast step TID: SN: A shaped depression or block cut into or mounted on the keelson, into which the heel of the mast is fixed. BT: below decks watercraft component RT: keelson DTI: 1990-01-01 masthead lamp TID: SN: Lamp with plain or dioptric lens in large lamp fitted with side rings for running up the mast. Usually half round form with flat back and door. BT: navigation lamp ship's lamp RT: stern lamp DTI: 1990-01-01 maul TID: SN: A term for various tools used for driving. UF: beater mall mawl BT: shipbuilding equipment striking equipment NT: ship maul hammer DTI: 1990-01-01 mawl TID: INLANDW.639 USE: maul DTI: 1990-01-01 meag TID: SN: Used to cut the roots of plants on the Norfolk Broads. BT: waterway maintenance equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 Measham teapot TID: SN: Distinctive eathernware design with dark brown glaze and cream/red flowers in relief, often with a small plaque bearing a greetings message. Larger teapots sometimes have small teapot incorporated into the lid. Sold at Measham to boaters, but not produced by Masons of Swadlincote. Often given to other boaters as gifts. Other items of Measham ware include tobacco jars, jugs etc. 'Bargeware' and 'barge pots' are often used to describe Measham ware by land based people. UF: barge pot bargeware BT: containers DTI: 1990-01-01 measuring equipment TID: SN: Objects which are used for measuring in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: tools and equipment tools and equipment by process NT: bevel bevel board float type gauging stick folding gauging stick gauging stick rope gauge shipwright's plumb bob shipwright's plumb line sounding pole sounding rod weighing equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 Mersey barge TID: SN: Motor craft and earlier steam powered craft used in and around the Mersey Estuary- the first on the Weaver in 1911. Larger craft replaced steam powered boats in the 1940s, carrying up to 285 tons. BT: barge NT: Rochdale Canal steam packet Weaver packet DTI: 1990-01-01 Mersey flat TID: SN: The family of craft of the Mersey estuary and local rivers. They included sailing flats, unpowered flats, canal flats and coastal flats. BT: barge NT: canal flat Mersey sailing flat DTI: 1990-01-01 Mersey sailing flat TID: SN: They went up the St Helens Canal, the Weaver, the Mersey and Irwell Navigation and the Runcorn and Latchford Canal. Up to mid C18 they were doubled ended and square sailed. From mid C18 to mid C19 they developed a transom stern and fore and aft rig. From mid C19 returned to a double ended shape but with a fore and aft rig. All around 72ft x 14ft. UF: mast flat BT: Mersey flat sail propelled boat NT: inside flat outside flat Weaver sailing flat DTI: 1990-01-01 metalworking equipment TID: SN: Objects which are used for metalworking in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: tools and equipment tools and equipment by material worked upon NT: bench shears blacksmith's equipment DTI: 1990-01-01 middle Northwich TID: SN: This type of narrow boat is one of 8 steel pairs built by W.J. Yarwood of Northwich in 1935/6. They are part of the Star Class series of boats built for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company. BT: star class boat DTI: 1990-01-01 mine boat TID: SN: Craft principally designed to work underground in quarries and mines, generally short and narrow but boat shaped rather than rectangular. BT: craft by context transport NT: Crooke mine boat Gwauncaegurwen mine boat Harecastle mine boat Nent Force mine boat Speedwell mine boat Worsley mine boat DTI: 1990-01-01 miscellaneous cargo craft types TID: SN: Miscellaneous cargo craft. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term. BT: cargo vessel NT: Aberdeenshire Canal boat Adelphi Canal boat Arbury Canal boat Arisaig Canal boat bastard boat Burton Boat Company Canal boat Cemlyn Canal boat Chelmer barge Cinderford Canal boat Compstall Canal boat Croydon Canal boat Dudley Canal tunnel boat Eardington Forge Canal boat Emmets Canal boat Glasgow Paisley Ardrossan boat Grand Union Canal wide boat Haigh Canal boat Kilbagie Canal boat Liskeard and Looe Union boat Llechryd Canal boat Muirkirk Canal boat Severner Sir Nigel Gresley Canal boat Somerset turf boat Somerset withy boat Stevenston Canal boat Thorne and Hatfield Canal boat Tremadoc Canal boat Wilson House Canal boat Woodeaves Canal boat Worcester and Birmingham Canal barge DTI: 1990-01-01 mizzen TID: SN: The after most (nearest the stern or rear of a vessel) mast. UF: jigger (mast) BT: mast DTI: 1990-01-01 modesty flap TID: SN: A hinged flap inside a narrow boat cabin which divides the side bed from the main bed. BT: above decks watercraft component DTI: 1990-01-01 monkey boat TID: INLANDW.652 USE: narrow boat DTI: 1990-01-01 monkey's fist TID: SN: A ball of rope made by knotting around a weight, with a loop at one end. Acts as a toggle as part of a towing line and gives weight to a line when it is thrown. BT: ropework DTI: 1990-01-01 Monmouthshire Canal boat TID: SN: 60ft x 8ft 6.9in all the boats were built with cabins. BT: Welsh narrow boat DTI: 1990-01-