Canal Boats

Canals were designed and built for cargo carrying boats. Some of these working boats can still be seen today. As the trade on the canals declined there was a rise in leisure boats.

Working Boats
The canals were built for these boats. They carried the cargoes around the canal network and helped bring about the Industrial Revolution. They carried cargoes from all across the globe.
Ambush
A Mersey Flat Boat	Mossdale	Bacup
Pluto	Scorpio	Scorpio
	The Ribble
The Ribble
	Steam Boat on the River Aire
A41
	Kennet
Makili	Video of a Working Boat	A Wigan Coal Boat
Maintenance Boats
Todays canals are maintained by a fleet of boats that dredge, carry, push and pull.
	a Bantum	Burscough
Leisure Boats
As the industrial and commercial use of the canals declined there was a rise in the number of leisure boats.
	Amaryllis	1960's Callum Craft 17
Eller		Eller
The Family Fleet
The May Queen	Mistral	Albatross
Albatross	Albatross II	Albatross II
Wrecks

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