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Going down the Ohio River, past the confluence with the Licking River. Newport to the upper left and Covington, Kentucky to the right. Image captured from the Observation Deck of the Carew Tower in Cincinnati.
A barge passes under a bridge between Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island, Illinois as it heads up the mighty Mississippi.
A Thames sailing barge is a type of commercial sailing boat once common on the River Thames in London. The flat-bottomed barges with a shallow draught and leeboards, were perfectly adapted to the Thames Estuary, with its shallow waters and narrow tributary rivers. The larger barges were seaworthy vessels, and were the largest sailing vessel to be handled by just two men.
The tree in the picture is one of my favorite trees...the Poinciana, or also called African Tulip, which is a native tree in many tropical landscapes.
In the Boat Museum in Ellesmere Port, a tribute to the horses that pulled the narrow boats and barges along the canals.
Textures thanks to Kim Klassen for sweettreat, Lenabem-Anna for texture 139 and Ellenvd no's 5 and 6 :)
Explored March 19th :)
Thames Sailing Barge "Wyvenhoe" shot from Canvey Island, Essex UK. An 83 ton vessel built of steel in 1898 in Wivenhoe, Essex. Once, these cargo vessels were commonplace along the Thames Estuary, its navigable creeks and the coast until road transport took over in the years following WW2. This vessel has been restored and is based in Maldon, Essex.
(Not as close as I would have liked and cropped as much as I dare. Another day perhaps...)
Plying north on the Meuse River is this barge sighted from between Willows. In the scrub on the river banks are wonderfully lilac-purple Campanula flowers and the bright red of Poppies.
28th August 2021. Travelling along the Medway with the Thames Barge Race going on. More from the day at davebowles.smugmug.com/Sea-ships-and-boats/28th-August-20...
Swansea Jack was a famous Welsh dog (1930-1937) that rescued 27 people from the docks and riverside of Swansea. He was a black retriever and lived in North dock with his master William Thomas.He was awarded the canine VC. A memorial stands on the promenade. Swansea people are called Jacks and many local places carry the name....such as this barge.
Knocked loose from its moorings after a windstorm blew over Metro Vancouver on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, the barge beached near the park seawall.
A month later Vancouver Pile Driving has not been able to free it.
English bay, West End, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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One of two 18th century ceremonial barges (one of them built for Queen Maria I that remained operational for almost two hundred years, Ceremonial barge in the Maritime Museum transporting famous passengers such
as Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Queen Elizabeth II of England), a 19th century royal cabin from the yacht of Queen Amelia