Narrow Boat Collection

Illustration of narrowboat entering, moving up, and leaving lock

North East Wales
Wrexham, Llangollen Canal, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal, World Heritage Site, iron trough carrying canal high over Dee valley

Couple By Seine
14th March 1957: A couple sit on the banks of the Seine at Paris in fine spring weather. A barge passes by. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Fen Flood
24th May 1862: An attempt to form a dam in the middle-level drain during the Great Flood in the Fens. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Canal Barge
10th October 1874: A canal barge carrying powder and petroleum. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Regents Canal
1827: The Double Lock and East Entrance to the Islington Tunnel on Regents Canal, London. Original Artwork: Drawn by Thomas H Shepherd and engraved by Frederick James Havell

Canal houses on the Prinsengracht, Amsterdam
A view on several houses along the Prinsengracht canal which is part of the Unesco World Heritage, bin Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Venice Canals
Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is situated across a group of 117 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by bridges

Barges
circa 1923: Narrow boats carrying cargo on the River Aire. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Bridge Construction
The construction of Tower Bridge, London, which was completed in 1894. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Wrecked Barge
September 1919: A sunken barge in the River Thames at Blackfriars Bridge, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Seaplane Race
4th September 1919: Jacques Schneider Trophy National Seaplane Race, Hawkers Sopwith seaplane at East Cowes. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

London Fogbound
A bargee sitting on the stern of his barge waiting for the London fog to lift before he can start work. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Sunken Cargo
September 1919: A wrecked barge at on the River Thames at Blackfriars Bridge in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Canal Barge
1907: A canal barge moving along the Grand Union Canal near Crick, Rugby. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Tower Bridge
24th September 1912: Tower Bridge and barges on the Thames. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Horse-Drawn Barge
4th January 1938: A horse pulling a barge along the Regents Canal, Regents Park, London. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Barges carrying barrels of stout in Dublin
February 1911: Steam-powered barges carrying barrels of stout in Dublin. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Coal Discharger
7th June 1926: Barges waiting for access to Regents Canal from Regents Canal Dock, viewed from one of two new electric coal dischargers erected at the dock at Limehouse

Coal Barge
25th April 1917: A motor coal barge on Regents Canal unloading its cargo. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

North East Wales
Wrexham, Llangollen Canal, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal, World Heritage Site, iron trough carrying canal high over Dee valley

North East Wales
Wrexham, Llangollen Canal, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal, World Heritage Site, iron trough carrying canal high over Dee valley

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