MDA Waterways Object Name Thesaurus
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nail
A slender and usually pointed and headed fastener, designed for impact driven insertion.

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NT countersunk head nailLink to term
NT shearing nailLink to term
NT spikeLink to term
NT trenailLink to term


nail header
Tools used to hold nail rods while making nail heads in wrought nail making.

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narrow boat
Craft designed for use on narrow canals. Boat shaped and carrying between 14 and 40 tons. The principal dimensions are 70ft x 7ft wide though over length and narrow and broad versions exist.

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UF monkey boatLink to term
UF narrowboatLink to term
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BT cargo vesselLink to term
NT Birmingham day boatLink to term
NT blue topLink to term
NT box boatLink to term
NT butty boatLink to term
NT Chesterfield Canal boatLink to term
NT horse drawn narrow boatLink to term
NT motor narrow boatLink to term
NT <narrow boat by type>Link to term
NT Runcorn six plankerLink to term
NT steam narrow boatLink to term
NT tanker boatLink to term
NT Welsh narrow boatLink to term
NT wharf boatLink to term
RT bargeLink to term
NT SevernerLink to term
NT Worsley mine boatLink to term


<narrow boat by type>

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BT narrow boatLink to term
NT admiral class boatLink to term
NT josherLink to term
NT river class boatLink to term
NT royalty class boatLink to term
NT star class boatLink to term
NT station boat (British Waterways)Link to term
NT town class boatLink to term


narrow boat stool

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narrowboat

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navigating equipment
Equipment used for navigating in an inland waterways context. Do not use for indexing. Use a more specific term.

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NT sextantLink to term
NT ship's binnacleLink to term
NT ship's compassLink to term


navigation lamp
General term for the lamps used to identify the direction a ship is facing.

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NT masthead lampLink to term
NT not under command lampLink to term
NT port lampLink to term
NT starboard lampLink to term
NT stern lampLink to term


navvy's yoke
Wooden yoke used in canal construction work.

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Neath Canal boat
60ft x 8ft 10in loading to 24 tons on a draught of 2ft 9in. Mostly open and capable of hanging the rudder at either end.

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neck collar

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neddy
A short towing mast found on keels.

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Nent Force mine boat
Boats used to carry lead ore out of the Nent Force level mines in Cumberland.

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Newbury barge
Craft 109 feet long, with a 17 foot beam and a 3 foot 6 inch draught when loaded with 110 tons. Based on the Kennet Navigation in Newbury. They were flat bottomed with a rounded head.

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Newdigate Canal boat

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Norfolk dinghy
A class of 14 feet dinghy; 86 were built for Norfolk and Suffolk Broads racing; clinker built; gunter rig.

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Norfolk keel
Preceded the Norfolk wherry and was the common cargo carrier on the Broads. Square rigged, transom sterned and clinker built craft. Around 54ft x 14ft, carrying 30 tons but also came in a variety of sizes. Succeeded by the wherry after 1800 which could be sailed with fewer crew.

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Norfolk punt
Restricted class of racing boats concentrated on Barton Broad.

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Norfolk wherry
Double ended vessels with the mast stepped well forward carrying around 25 tons on a 4ft draught. Painted black with a single gaff sail. Mostly clinker built.'Wherry' means boat and it acquired its local meaning in Norfolk and Suffolk.

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CL transportLink to hierachy
BT bargeLink to term
NT Aylsham Navigation wherryLink to term
NT Norfolk keelLink to term
NT North Walsham and Dilham Canal wherryLink to term
NT reedlighterLink to term
NT River Ant wherryLink to term
NT River Bure wherryLink to term
NT River Waveney wherryLink to term
NT steam wherryLink to term
NT Thames wherryLink to term
RT quantLink to term
NT wherry wheelbarrowLink to term


North Eastern barge
A range of steel and iron barges motor and dumb which gradually developed away from the keel shape to form a hull type of their own.

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NT North Eastern motor bargeLink to term
NT Nottingham panLink to term
NT Trent panLink to term


North Eastern motor barge
Originally the motor barges used in the North East were converted from keels but took on their own construction and design when iron and steel motors were developed. Sizes varied from 51ft 6 inches on the Calder and Hebble Navigation to 180ft long on the Aire and Calder Navigation.

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NT Trent motor bargeLink to term
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North Walsham and Dilham Canal wherry
A small type of Norfolk wherry built to the size of the North Walsham and Dilham Canal. 50 ft x 12 ft x 3 ft 6 ins max.

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nose bag

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nose bowl

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nose tin

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not under command lamp
Similar in appearance to an anchor lamp but has a red lens.

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BT navigation lampLink to term
RT anchor lampLink to term


Nottingham pan
Nottingham pans going to Burton on Trent, Leicester and Grantham were 72ft x 14ft dumb boats.

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number flag
A flag bearing a number, used for communication.

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