tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714859249105095629.post2291259042365334053..comments2023-07-02T10:40:30.693+01:00Comments on Narrowboat Caxton: Great Ouse AqueductNb Yarwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14806115768980012184noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714859249105095629.post-60169980857633392582010-04-07T18:53:13.334+01:002010-04-07T18:53:13.334+01:00But very welcome when it does arrive Amy!!
LesleyBut very welcome when it does arrive Amy!!<br />LesleyNb Yarwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14806115768980012184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714859249105095629.post-44410022638900451352010-04-06T10:31:06.909+01:002010-04-06T10:31:06.909+01:00oh how i wish they would join those two waterways ...oh how i wish they would join those two waterways up. sadly the bedford-milton keynes link which would link the fens to the rets of the world will be a long time coming!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13190832458135017656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714859249105095629.post-77295126829867878692010-04-06T09:19:12.014+01:002010-04-06T09:19:12.014+01:00Hi Bob
This particular aqueduct has a towpath so t...Hi Bob<br />This particular aqueduct has a towpath so the horse would have dragged the boat across and the horse tunnel that runs below is just for access. In the instances when a tunnel doesn't have a towpath the horses would have been led across the top to meet the boat on the other side and the crew would have 'legged' the boat or hired men to 'leg' the boat through. This entailed hanging a plank out each side of the boat and a 'legger' lying on his back on the plank and 'walking' the tunnel wall to propel the boat through. At Blisworth tunnel which links the villages of Blisworth and Stoke Bruerne there were dedicated teams of 'leggers' in each village. Current would be of little use because there isn't one on a canal; no, it was leg power that did it until boats were powered..<br />LesleyNb Yarwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14806115768980012184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3714859249105095629.post-80309887525534350772010-04-05T22:26:15.763+01:002010-04-05T22:26:15.763+01:00This is the second time that you have shown a tunn...This is the second time that you have shown a tunnel, or now an aqueduct, where the horses have a separate path thru the area. Before the narrowboats were powered, how did they get them thru the tunnel, etc.? <br /><br />Did they depend on the current? But that would only work going in one direction. I am perplexed. <br /><br />bobRobert Salnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236481906016930762noreply@blogger.com