The Nautical Encyclopedia

Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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Canal Boat

Sea Terms

A flat-bottom vessel specially constructed for the navigation of canals.

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2026 Editor's Note: The canal boat's American heyday was already fading in 1891 as rail won; today the survivors carry vacationers — narrowboating is a whole tourism industry on the very same waterways. See canal boats. (Ed: BR 2026-06-09)

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