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Haigh Canal boat
Size and shape unknown.
CL transport
BT miscellaneous cargo craft types
half boxed trow
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.
CL transport
BT <trow by hull type>
half rater
Cheaper and less extreme sailing boat for club racing on the Thames and
Trent, derived from the Thames rater.
CL transport
BT competitive craft
BT sail propelled boat
halter
Strap or rope by which to hold or lead a horse. A rope bridle fashioned to
go behind the ears.
CL tools and equipment
CL components
BT equine equipment
BT equine powered propulsion system component
halyard
A rope for raising or lowering yards up and down masts.
CL components
BT rigging component
RT mast
NT yard
halyard roller
The winch to which a halyard is put to assist in lowering or raising the
yard.
CL components
BT rigging component
hames
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.
CL tools and equipment
CL components
BT equine equipment
BT equine powered propulsion system component
Hampton boat
An over large open boat built to work on the Wolverhampton level of the
BCN where there are no locks.
UF Ampton boat
CL transport
BT Birmingham day boat
BT wharf boat
hand bowl
Metal vessel tapering outwards from base with tubular handle typically
used on a narrow boats, frequently decorated.
UF cabin hand bowl
CL tools and equipment
CL containers
BT boat equipment
hand fid
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.
CL tools and equipment
BT fid
hand grab
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
CL tools and equipment
BT cargo handling equipment
USE bag hook
handling equipment
Equipment used for handling in an inland waterways context. Do not use for
indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL tools and equipment
BT <tools and equipment by process>
NT cargo handling equipment
NT carrying equipment
NT holding and gripping equipment
NT lifting equipment
handspike
A bar of wood used as a lever for working lock paddles on the Aire and
Calder and Calder and Hebble Navigations.
CL tools and equipment
BT boat equipment
handy billy
A ten-foot shaft or boat hook, used on Humber keels.
CL tools and equipment
BT boat hook (shaft)
hanging knee
A knee fitted to support downwards loads.
CL components
BT knee
USE ribbon plate
harbourmaster unit
Large detachable motor used on experimental river class boats.
CL tools and equipment
BT marine engine
RT river class boat
hardie
Fits in the square or 'hardie' hole in the anvil and is used for cutting
hot iron at the anvil.
UF hardy
CL tools and equipment
BT blacksmith's equipment
USE hardie
Harecastle mine boat
Small boats working on the narrow colliery branches cut under Harecastle
Hill off the main line of the Trent and Mersey Canal.
CL transport
BT mine boat
harness
System of straps, buckles, chains and hooks fitted to a horse in draught
to enable it to pull a load.
UF trace harness
CL tools and equipment
CL components
BT equine equipment
BT equine powered propulsion system component
hatch coaming
The raised 'wall' round a hatch opening.
CL components
BT coaming
hatches
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.
CL components
BT below decks watercraft component
hawse eye
A tubular metal fitting in the bow of a vessel, through which the anchor
cable passes.
UF hawse port
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
RT hawse plate
NT hawse timber
hawse plate
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.
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
RT hawse eye
USE hawse eye
hawse timber
Substantial timbers at the stem pierced by the hawse eyes.
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
RT chock (boat component)
NT hawse eye
USE horse collar
USE bridle
headledge
Part of the wall round a hatch opening across the width of the vessel.
UF deck ledge
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
RT coaming
heating equipment
Equipment used for heating in an inland waterways context. Do not use for
indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL tools and equipment
BT <tools and equipment by process>
NT bellows
NT bottle stove
NT cooking equipment
NT ship's forecastle stove
hedging mitts
Protective leather mitten type gloves used for waterway work.
CL tools and equipment
BT lifesaving and protective equipment
USE rudder
henpeeked
Non tidal keel with canvas hold cover supported on three lines of rails
over the hold. Name refers to 'hen perches'.
UF umbrella
CL transport
BT <craft by hold covering>
BT Yorkshire keel
hockey stick icebreaker
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.
CL tools and equipment
BT waterway maintenance equipment
hodder
A heart shaped peat spade used for cutting channels.
CL tools and equipment
BT waterway maintenance equipment
hog
A substantial fore and aft timber fitted on top of a keelson.
CL components
BT below decks watercraft component
RT keelson
hold
An unobstructed space in a vessel in which cargo is kept.
CL components
BT below decks watercraft component
holding and gripping equipment
CL tools and equipment
BT handling equipment
NT body drag
NT cramp
NT french chalk vice
NT ice tongs
hook
A hook shaped implement, used for handling cargoes.
CL tools and equipment
BT cargo handling equipment
NT bag hook
NT bale hook
NT timber hook
horn
An instrument sounding a warning or other signal.
CL tools and equipment
BT communications equipment
NT foghorn
Horncastle keel
Variation on the Humber keel, trading on the Horncastle Canal. Size 54ft x
14ft.
CL transport
BT Humber keel
horse bit
Metal mouth piece (often sectional) which forms part of the headgear. Acts
as an attachment for the reins to control the horse.
CL tools and equipment
CL components
BT equine equipment
BT equine powered propulsion system component
horse boat
Boats propelled using (usually) either horses, mules or donkeys.
CL transport
BT equine animal powered boat
NT horse drawn narrow boat
horse collar
Padded leather ring construction to fit over the horse's shoulders. It
transfers the horse's effort to the towing harness.
UF head collar
UF neck collar
CL tools and equipment
CL components
BT equine equipment
BT equine powered propulsion system component
horse drawn narrow boat
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
UF last boat
CL transport
BT horse boat
BT narrow boat
horse shoe
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).
CL tools and equipment
BT equine equipment
BT equine maintenance equipment
horse (component)
Raised track enabling pulley block carrying a sail control rope to travel
athwartships over deck obstacles.
CL components
BT rigging component
NT main sheet horse
hot chisel
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.
CL tools and equipment
BT blacksmith's equipment
hot set
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.
CL tools and equipment
BT blacksmith's equipment
hotel boat
A craft crewed by the owners or their staff offering overnight
accommodation in beds or bunks in separate cabins.
CL transport
BT recreational craft
hotholer
Birmingham canal boat loading alongside foundry banks i.e. the hot holes.
Often carrying slag etc. from blast furnaces.
CL transport
BT Birmingham day boat
house lighter
The living boat of a gang of fen lighters.
CL transport
BT <craft by accommodation>
RT Fen lighter
hoy
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.
CL transport
BT passenger vessel
human powered boat
A boat whose motive power source is provided by a person.
CL transport
BT <craft by motive power>
NT best boat
NT bow hauled boat
NT canoe
NT clinker eight
NT clinker four
NT coastal four
NT coastal single
NT coxed eight
NT coxed four
NT coxed pair
NT coxed twelve
NT coxless four
NT coxless pair
NT dodger
NT dory
NT double scull
NT dragon boat
NT frontloader
NT funny
NT gig
NT long boat (rowing)
NT octuple
NT outrigger pair
NT outrigger scull
NT perfect
NT peter boat
NT punt
NT quadruple scull
NT racing punt
NT randan
NT semi-racer punt
NT shallop
NT single scull
NT skiff
NT triple scull
NT tub pair
NT wager
NT whiff
human powered propulsion system component
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.
CL components
BT propulsion system component
NT barge pole
NT button
NT crutches
NT gate
NT oar
NT outrigger
NT paddle
NT punting pole
NT quant
NT rowlock
NT rypek
NT sweep (oar)
NT thole pin
Humber keel
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.
CL transport
BT keel (boat)
NT Barnsley keel
NT Driffield keel
NT Horncastle keel
NT Humber sloop
NT Lincoln keel
NT Manvers keel
NT Sheffield keel
NT Trent ketch
RT Yorkshire keel
Humber sloop
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
CL transport
BT Humber keel
BT sail propelled boat
RT Yorkshire keel
hydraulic pump
Dock equipment.
CL tools and equipment
BT pump
hydraulic ram
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)
CL tools and equipment
BT lifting equipment
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