| Barge |
Unpowered boat with a beam (width) of 14ft (4.26m), being pulled by either a horse, or small tractor. |
| Boat |
Powered boat with a beam (width) of less then 7ft (2.1m). |
| Butty (boat) |
Generally used to form a pair of boats with a butty. |
| Compensation Water |
Unpowered boat with a beam (width) of less then 7ft (2.1m). |
| Culvert |
A pipe or small brick arched tunnel to carry water under the canal
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| Dock |
Short branch of canal serving a factory/ factories or wharf / wharfs where goods can be transshipped. |
| Feeder |
Man made channel through which water is supplied to the canal by gravity or natural flow |
| Fly boat |
A boat working all day and night, originally using relays of horses and had priority over other boats at locks. |
| Gauging |
Method of ascertaining the weight of a cargo by measuring the boats depth in the water by means of the boats freeboard. |
| Locks |
Mostly made of a brick built chamber with gates at both ends, which allowed a boat to be raised or lowered from one canal level to another |
| Puddle |
Watertight lining of the canal. Made up of clay worked up with water to a smooth consistency and spread onto the bottom and sides of the canal. |
| Toll |
Price charged to a carrier for using the canal. This was one of the main sources of income for canal companies |
| Towpath |
Path alongside canal used by horses to tow the boats along. |
| Transshipped |
The movement of goods from one form of transport to another i.e. water to land and vice versa. |
| Weir |
Device built in the form of a dam or barrier which regulated the water level in the canal. |
| Wharf |
Built up section of canal bank to allow goods to be transshipped . |
