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James
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I were reading me Lincoln Longwool book, and on one page there were a picture of a boat they used to use for exporting them and all that. Would it be possible to build a model and make it steam powered do you think? Would it take much doing??
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Yes, it looks to be a wide barge with the engine just forwards off the centre.
Is this why you are after an engine?? 
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if you did you might have some problems with balance with the engine right at the front but Im no expert.
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Naa, if I make it I'll probably use the one Moosey sent
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It looks like a simple canal barge to me, I suppose that one could fit an engine in it.
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would make an interesting project jimmy. i wonder if there was and fire risk  |
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James
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I expect they would have had sails originally, but sails are  
Even though there used to be a boat builder's yard like 50foot from where I'm sitting, I wouldn't know where to start
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| James wrote: | I expect they would have had sails originally, but sails are
Even though there used to be a boat builder's yard like 50foot from where I'm sitting, I wouldn't know where to start |
You can get plans for all sorts of boats, try the internet.
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That's a simple flat bottomed barge mate. They're still in use in Amsterdam, mainly for rubbish collection but also for transporting flowers and produce....you'll see them in a train of 5 or more, being pulled by a tug - they have no power of their own. Quite a few have been converted to houseboats, and if anyone has been to the floating flowermarket on the Singel, most of the stalls are on barges like that.
Now a steam powered tug, pulling a few of these barges - THAT is something I would pay to see!
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A lot of Canal boats were towed, by horses.
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| johnreid wrote: | | A lot of Canal boats were towed, by horses. |
James could use  instead. 
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sorry for the big picture
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