Colour Photograph of Narrowboats Docked at Camden Lock, Camden Town, London England United Kingdom, Credit: London Snapper
A narrowboat or narrow boat is a boat of a distinctive design, made to fit the narrow canals of the United Kingdom. A narrowboat must be under 7 feet ( m) (most modern boats are usually produced to a maximum of 6 feet 10 inches ( m) wide). Their maximum length is 72 feet ( m). Anything wider or longer will be unable to navigate most of the British canal network. The first narrow boats played a key part in the economic changes of the British Industrial Revolution. They were wooden boats drawn by a horse walking on the canal towpath led by a crew member. Horses were gradually replaced with steam and then diesel engines. With the advent of the railways commercial canal traffic gradually diminished and the last regular long-distance traffic disappeared in 1970. However, some traffic continued into the 1980s and beyond.
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