PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoBoatmen 'legging' through a canal tunnel, a common technique in longer passages with unmotorized vessels, 1961, UKlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1430arrow-down10
arrow-up1430arrow-down1external-linkBoatmen 'legging' through a canal tunnel, a common technique in longer passages with unmotorized vessels, 1961, UKlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square31linkfedilink
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down7·8 months agoThe logic of it being for propulsion falls apart one they leave the tunnel and no longer have anything to push on.
minus-squareMY_ANUS_IS_BLEEDING@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-28 months agoCanal boats were traditionally towed by horses alongside on the tow path, but the paths don’t go through tunnels so it’s feasible that this was what they did to get through https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legging_(canals)
The logic of it being for propulsion falls apart one they leave the tunnel and no longer have anything to push on.
Canal boats were traditionally towed by horses alongside on the tow path, but the paths don’t go through tunnels so it’s feasible that this was what they did to get through
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legging_(canals)
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