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PADDLEWHEELER.
Last seen on: Thomas Joseph – King Feature Syndicate Crossword – Jan 22 2021
Random information on the term “Riverboat”:
A barge is a shoal-draft flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of bulk goods. Originally barges were towed by draft horses on an adjacent towpath. Today, barges may be self-propelled, usually with a slow-revving diesel engine and a large-diameter fixed-pitch propeller. Otherwise, “dumb barges” must be towed by tugs, or pushed by pusher boats. Compared to a towed barge, a pusher system has improved handling and is more efficient, as the pushing tug becomes “part of the unit” and it contributes to the momentum of the whole.
In Great Britain, during the Industrial Revolution, a substantial network of narrow canals was developed from 1750 onwards; but from 1825 competition from the railways eventually took over from canal traffic due to the higher speed, falling costs and route flexibility of rail transport. Barges carrying bulk and heavy cargoes continue to be viable. Originally, British canals had locks only seven feet (2.1 m) wide, so narrowboats could be no more than 6’10” wide if they were to be able to navigate the system. It was soon realised that narrow locks were too limiting, and later locks were doubled in width to fourteen feet (4.3 m). Accordingly, on the British canal system the term ‘barge’ is used to describe a “Thames [sailing barge], Duch [barge], or other styles of barge” (the people who move barges are often known as lightermen), and does not include Narrowboats and Widebeams (see also canal craft).