Dutch barge
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A Dutch barge is a traditional flat-bottomed shoal-draught barge, originally used to carry cargo in the shallow Zuiderzee and the waterways of Netherlands. There are many types of Dutch barge, with characteristics determined by regional conditions and traditions.
Motorised Dutch Barge passing a swing bridge on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal
A pair of schuyts aground, in a print dated 1860.
1887 watercolour of a Dutch Barge.
Traditional boat on the IJsselmeer
Trekschuit
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Trekschuit is an old style of sail- and horse-drawn boat specific to the Netherlands, where it was used for centuries as a means of passenger traffic between cities along trekvaarten, or tow-canals.
Postcard from 1922 showing trekschuit arrival in Volendam.
Drawing of interior of a trekschuit on the Haarlemmertrekvaart in 1760.
Drawing of trekschuit on Nieuweramstel 1700–1725. The jager is on the horse.