Tanker Barges on the Humber Waterways
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A01=Mike Taylor
aire & calder navigation
Author_Mike Taylor
barges
boatyards
cargo
caroges
Category=WGG
coal tar
dry cargo craft
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humber tankers
humber waterways
industrial waterways
iron tanks
petrol
sheffield & south yorkshire navigation
vegetable oil
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- ISBN 9780752439211
- Weight: 310g
- Dimensions: 165 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 10 Oct 2006
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The introduction of iron tanks within barges in the early twentieth century enabled much heavier cargoes to be carried on the Humber waterways, including liquids such as coal tar or vegetable oils and, by the 1920s, petrol. By the late 1950s/early 1960s, tanker traffic flourished on the industrial waterways like the Aire & Calder and Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigations. Mike Taylor relates the story of the Humber tankers, widely illustrated and interspersed with recollections of men who worked on the waterways. This detailed book provides a overview of the history of these craft on the Humber waterways, including looking at boatyards, cargoes, waterway features and the interconversions of dry cargo craft to tankers.
