Navigating the UK's waterways
With one hand on the throttle and the other on the helm, she navigates her narrowboat through the waterway at Granary Wharf in Leeds.
A narrowboat is a particular type of canal boat, built to fit the narrow locks of the United Kingdom. The UK's canal system provided a nationwide transport network during the Industrial Revolution, but with the advent of the railways, commercial canal traffic gradually diminished and the last regular long-distance transportation of goods disappeared in 1970. – Source: Wikipedia.
Navigating the UK's waterways
With one hand on the throttle and the other on the helm, she navigates her narrowboat through the waterway at Granary Wharf in Leeds.
A narrowboat is a particular type of canal boat, built to fit the narrow locks of the United Kingdom. The UK's canal system provided a nationwide transport network during the Industrial Revolution, but with the advent of the railways, commercial canal traffic gradually diminished and the last regular long-distance transportation of goods disappeared in 1970. – Source: Wikipedia.