No - Freight, but remember this freight started c1780 ! John
so unlike here in NY USA were even the erie canal has a practical application to move bulk freight...why do narrow british canals exist? Irrigation? the last of our narrow canals ran in 1931...in betheham PA USA for coal -- In canals-list@ <mailto:canals-list%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com, "sean neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you do a web search for CBOA (Commercial Boat Operators' Association) > or look at Waterways World, which has a section on carrying news every > month you'll see what is happening - it's only really on large rivers, > especially in the north-east, that barges can carry enough (200+ tons) > to outweigh the speed differential. Even in the canal age, the canals > built mainly to carry agricultural loads (as opposed to coal and > manufactures) weren't profitable. > > Sean > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
