Martin C posted . . . . > A correspondent tells me that one of her ancestors > worked on the canal as a "whiteliner". > > Does anyone have any idea what this would have been?
"The" canal ! How about Suez and the P&O liners which were white - eg Oronsay, Oriana, Canberra. Working on mobile so have not checked Dr Ron's links. I'm wondering if there were loading lines on barges similar to plimsoll lines. They might have been white. Beeky
