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Lancaster Canal boat
Boats 72ft x 14ft 6
inches, carrying up to 42 tons on the Lancaster Canal. Related to Leeds and
Liverpool Canal long boats but different in design.
land chain
A series of sized lengths, linked
together in a chain to measure out a distance.
CL tools and equipment
BT surveying equipment
lanyard
A line passed through the holes in a
deadeye to tighten up standing rigging.
CL components
BT rigging component
RT chain plate
NT deadeye
large Northwich
This type of narrow boat is one
of 38 steel motor narrow boats built by W.J. Yarwood of Northwich in 1936/7.
They were part of the Town class series of boats built for the Grand Union Canal
Carrying Company.
CL transport
BT town class boat
large Ricky
This type of narrow boat was one of
62 wooden butty boats built by Walkers of Rickmansworth between 1936-8. They
formed part of the Town Class series of boats built for the Grand Union Canal
Carrying Company.
CL transport
BT town class boat
large Woolwich
This type of narrowboat is one
of either 24 steel pairs of boats of 24 steel motor narrow boats built by
Harland and Wolff of Woolwich in 1936/7. They are part of the Town Class series
of boats built for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company.
CL transport
BT town class boat
launch
A passenger boat with inboard motor for
leisure journeys on inland waterways;larger than a dinghy but smaller than a
narrow boat; may be canopied.
CL transport
BT passenger vessel
BT recreational craft
Lee barge
Open holded Thames barge with a
stumpy rig built to fit the river Lee.
CL transport
BT Thames barge
NT Lee lighter
Lee lighter
Unrigged version of Lee barge,72'
long by 13'x15' wide.
CL transport
BT Lee barge
BT Thames lighter
leeboard
A large board, hinged from the hull
sides of a sailing vessel, used to reduce travel to leeward when sailing.
CL components
BT rigging component
RT leeboard clam
leeboard clam
Winch for pulling leeboards up
when not in use.
CL components
BT rigging component
RT leeboard
leech
The after edge (furthest from the mast)
of a sail.
CL components
BT sail component
RT sprit
Leeds and Liverpool craft
Craft designed for use on
the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific
term.
CL transport
BT barge
NT Leeds and Liverpool fly boat
NT Leeds and Liverpool long boat
NT Leeds and Liverpool short boat
Leeds and Liverpool fly boat
For 'express' use
along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Size 62ft x 14ft 3 inches but with finer
lines than usual craft for extra speed.
CL transport
BT fly boat
BT Leeds and Liverpool craft
Leeds and Liverpool long boat
Craft designed
for use on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, size 72ft x 14ft 3 inches for use
between Liverpool and Wigan where the locks are only 62ft long. Draws on
original use of the canal by River Douglas flats.
UF Liverpool sider
CL transport
BT Leeds and Liverpool craft
Leeds and Liverpool short boat
Craft designed
for use on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, size 62ft x 14ft 3 inches in order to
fit the locks between Wigan and Leeds. Draws on original keel and flat
influences.
CL transport
BT Leeds and Liverpool craft
leg vice
Any of the various blacksmithing vices
that have one long leg which is attached to a bench (and often supported at the
foot) and a simple spring mechanism to hold the jaws open.
CL tools and equipment
BT blacksmith's equipment
letter flag
A flag which represents a letter in
flag code.
letterbox ventilator
Small cast metal
ventilator fixed to the cabin sides of some narrow boats.
lewis
Metal devices consisting of dovetail
tenons; used to hoist heavy units of masonry.
CL tools and equipment
BT lifting equipment
life belt
A ring of buoyant material, used to
help someone stay afloat in water.
CL tools and equipment
BT lifesaving and protective equipment
life jacket
A buoyant garment worn over the
upper body to enable a person to stay afloat in water.
CL tools and equipment
BT lifesaving and protective equipment
lifesaving and protective equipment
Equipment designed
for lifesaving and protective purposes in an inland waterways context. Do not
use for indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL tools and equipment
BT <tools and equipment by process>
NT hedging mitts
NT life belt
NT life jacket
NT pitch hood
NT puddling boots
NT waders
lifting equipment
Equipment designed for lifting in an
inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term.
CL tools and equipment
BT handling equipment
NT boat jack
NT crane
NT hydraulic ram
NT lewis
NT winch
lighter
Generally a boat for transferring cargo
from a large boat to another craft or the bank.
CL transport
BT barge
NT Fen lighter
NT Stour lighter
NT Thames lighter
lighting component
Objects which are components of an
ionland waterways object with a lighting function.. Do not use for indexing. Use
a more specific term.
CL components
BT <component by specific context>
NT bulkhead light
NT bullseye
NT decklight
NT portlight
Lincoln keel
Variation of the Humber keel,
trading to Lincoln. Size 74ft 9 inches x 15ft.
lining plank
Large wooden plank fixed inside
the top edge of a wooden narrow boat to give stiffness and longitudinal strength
and support to the inboard edge of the gunwhale.
UF lining piece
CL components
BT plank (boat component)
Liskeard and Looe Union boat
57ft x 10f (lock
size) (proposed as a tub boat canal). Very little known.
CL transport
BT miscellaneous cargo craft types
USE Leeds and Liverpool long boat
Llechryd Canal boat
Size and shape unknown.
CL transport
BT miscellaneous cargo craft types
lock lifter
Fitted with an A frame for lifting
and transporting lock gates.
lodging knee
A shaped bracket of either timber
or metal which both joins and reinforces the join between component of the
vessel's structure.
long board
Fore and aft plank in the bottom of
a wooden vessel.
CL components
BT below decks watercraft component
long boat (rowing)
The longest and largest of
several boats carried by a sea-going ship. It could be used, however, on tidal
rivers and estuaries, propelled by ten oars, often double-banked. This meant
that two rowers shared the same thwart or bench.
CL transport
BT human powered boat
long distance passenger boat
Many canal routes
had long distance passenger boats until the coming of the railways. Boats would
include a first class saloon and either one or two other classes.
CL transport
BT canal passenger boat
longboat
The familiar name for the narrow boat
on the River Severn and associated waterways to the Midlands.
louvre ventilator
Pressed metal
ventilators.
luby
A forged metal pin fitted to the top of a
narrow boat top mast, fitted with rearward pivotting pin and return spring to
act as a safety device to prevent the horse being pulled into the canal should
the boat overtake the horse.
UF loobey
CL components
BT equine powered propulsion system component
RT top mast
luff
The leading edge of a fore and aft sail.
(As a verb 'to luff' is to turn closer to the wind).
UF leading edge
CL components
BT sail component
luff barge
Squat, round-fronted or bowed barge
in use during the early nineteenth century on the Thames and the Medway.
lutchet
An open backed support for a towing
mast, usually found on keels.
CL components
BT equine powered propulsion system component
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