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G cramp
A general term for cramps made in the
form of the letter G, used for all types of holding and assembling.
CL tools and equipment
BT cramp
gabbart
The typical Scottish sailing barge from
which most Scottish Canal craft were developed. A long narrow flat vessel or
lighter with a hatchway extending almost the full length of the decks, sometimes
fitted with masts that may be lowered to pass under bridges.' (Youngs Nautical
Dictionary 1863). Sloop rigged sailing craft, size 60ft x 13ft 6 inches,
designed for the river Clyde.
CL transport
BT Scottish barge
RT scow
gaff
A long spar of wood or metal. Usually
circular in cross section, to which is fastened the upper edge of a sail.
CL components
BT mast and spar component
RT bobbin
NT spar
game block
A slotted block used to hold a plank
while boring it from edge to edge. It was often made from an old rudder stock,
the slot being cut by sawing into the hole for the tiller. The plank would be
held in by a wedge and the whole block could be chocked up at an angle to suit
the operator. the plank would be moved through the slot as the work
progressed.
CL tools and equipment
BT boatbuilding equipment
gang lighter
Boats working with other lighters
in a specific train.
CL transport
BT barges designed to work in multiple units
gansey
Woollen jersey, name derived from
'Guernsey' type jersey knitted for boatmen as for fishermen. Worn on Leeds and
Liverpool Canal and on Birmingham Canals.
CL costume
garboard strake
The lowest strake of planking
adjoining the keel.
CL components
BT strake
gate
Bar across a rowlock to retain an oar.
CL components
BT human powered propulsion system component
gauging stick
A measuring device used to
calculate the tonnage that a boat was carrying. A graduated stick would be
placed over the side of the boat with a bracket resting on the gunwhale so that
the 'dry inches' above the waterline could be measured.
CL tools and equipment
BT measuring equipment
NT float type gauging stick
NT folding gauging stick
gear
Collective term for the harness, collar
etc of a boat horse, mule or donkey.
UF tack (equine equipment)
CL tools and equipment
CL components
BT equine equipment
BT equine powered propulsion system component
gig
Open rowing boat. Of clinker build with a
straight sheer or sides below the gunwales. At one time popular on inland
waterways and in harbours, especially on the Thames, although declining in
popularity from the 1860s.
CL transport
BT human powered boat
BT recreational craft
gimbal
Pivoted rings used for keeping things,
eg. a compass, horizontal in a moving vessel such as a ship.
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
RT ship's compass
gin block
A single sheave open framed pulley
block for cargo lifting purposes.
CL components
BT cargo handling system component
girder chain
A length of chain fitted across
the width of the hold of a narrow boat,usually below the beams, and fitted with
a rigging screw to enable the chain to be tightened or slackened. The chains and
beams provide rigidity for the hold of the boat.
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
RT rigging screw
girder strings
The strings used to secure the
running planks of a narrow boat in place.
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
RT running planks
USE belly band
Glamorganshire Canal boat
Double ended boat
60ft x 8ft 6in loading to 20 tons on a draught of 2ft 9in often with a simple
day cabin.
CL transport
BT Welsh narrow boat
Glamorganshire Canal boat number plate
Painted
tinplate sign with the boat registration number on it, roughly 1ft square with
irregular corners.
CL tools and equipment
BT boat plate
Glasgow Paisley Ardrossan boat
Very little
known. Cargo fly boat, 74ft 4 inches long.
CL transport
BT miscellaneous cargo craft types
globe lamp
Lamps with a large globular glass
surrounding an oil burner, usually with a circular oil reservoir below with
shaped wire glass protectors affixed.
CL tools and equipment
BT boat lighting equipment
BT ship's lamp
gouge
Cutting chisels having a long, curved
blade; used for hollowing out wood, or for making holes, channels, or grooves in
wood or stone.Used by shipwrights.
CL tools and equipment
BT boatbuilding equipment
BT cutting equipment
BT woodworking equipment
grab bucket
A bucket in two halves, capable of
being mechanically opened and closed to pick up loose materials.
CL components
BT cargo handling system component
grab dredger
A dredger with a crane operated
set of jaws lifting individual portions of materials.
UF clamshell
CL transport
BT dredger
grafting spade
A digging tool used for
trenching.
CL tools and equipment
BT canal construction equipment
Grand Union Canal tub boat
Built in 1932 for
the Grand Union Canal Company by Peter Brotherhood of Peterborough. 18ft x 7ft x
4ft 6in with a 10 ton capacity. Experimental and never used in service.
CL transport
BT tub boat
Grand Union Canal wide boat
72ft x around 11ft
wide built to narrow boat style usually 7ft wide at the bottoms with the hull
widening above
CL transport
BT miscellaneous cargo craft types
Grand Western and Chard Canal tub boat
Tubs
26ft x 6ft 6in carried 10 tons on a draught of 2ft 3in. There were pointed bows
on the first ones which carried 8 tons. In use on the Chard Canal until 1867.
The last pair of boats operated on the Grand Western Canal Barge Section until
1924.
CL transport
BT tub boat
USE grappling iron
grapnel anchor
An anchor consisting of multiple
prongs joined at their bases to a shank and ring.
CL tools and equipment
BT anchor
grappling iron
A hook with multiple prongs
joined at their bases to a ring and shank, and measuring 10-15 inches overall.
Used for retrieving things from the canal e.g. dead animals or rope and for
moving sacks.
UF grapnel
CL tools and equipment
BT salvaging equipment
USE rond anchor
grounds
Timbers which support and on to which
the shutts planking is fastened on a narrow boat.
CL components
BT below decks watercraft component
RT shutts
guard iron
Usually metal strips, convex in a D
section, fastened to the sides and ends of wooden or metal vessels to provide
protection from impact and abrasion.
UF rubbing strake
CL components
BT below decks watercraft component
USE countersunk head nail
gun punt
Used for wildfowling, a double-ended
flat bottomed dinghy evolved, normally clinker built of wood and mounting a
fixed gun. Aim was usually by pointing the gun punt by means of extra paddles
like table tennis bats.
CL transport
BT punt
USE gunwhale
gunwhale
Pronounced 'gunnel' the upper edge or
top side of a boat or ship above the waterline; so named as cannon on early
warships were fired above the 'whale' or upper line.
UF gunnel
CL components
BT above decks watercraft component
RT blopping board
gusset
A metal plate, usually triangular, used
to join two structural members to each other at right angles.
CL components
BT below decks watercraft component
Gwauncaegurwen mine boat
Boats used to carry
men and coal from the mine at Gwauncaegurwen at the head of the Upper Clydach
River.
CL transport
BT mine boat
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