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    A tub boat was a type of unpowered cargo boat used on a number of the early English and German canals. There was no standardisation of tub boat size between...
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    A tub boat lift is a type of boat lift designed to lift tub boats between different elevations of a canal. Tub boats are small boats used to transport...
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    the canal boat lift, able to move full-sized canal boats, was the tub boat lift used in mining, able to raise and lower the 2.5 ton tub boats then in use...
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  • Quarry tub, a type of railway or tramway wagon Slack tub, in blacksmithing, a quench Tub boat, an unpowered cargo boat used on early canals Twin tub, a type...
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    unusual in Britain. It was remarkable in using inclined planes to haul tub boats on wheels to the upper levels. There were only two conventional locks...
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  • pioneered the building of tub boat canals, and inventive solutions for coping with hilly terrain, which included tub boat lifts and inclined planes....
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    used box-shaped tub boats 20 feet (6.1 m) long with a load capacity of 5 tons. Twin railway tracks were laid down the incline. The tub boats ascended and...
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    trow – Type of British river cargo boat Thames sailing barge – Type of commercial sailing boat Tub boat – Canal cargo boat Whaleback barge – Type of cargo...
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    were hanged near the present Tesco roundabout. The Chard Canal was a tub boat canal built between 1835 and 1842. Chard Branch Line was created in 1860...
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  • for tub boats (which were about 20 feet (6 m) long and capable of carrying eight tons) opened in 1839. It included an inclined plane and seven boat lifts...
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