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A lighterman is a worker who operates a lighter, a type of flat-bottomed barge, which may be powered or unpowered. In the latter case, it is usually moved by a powered tug. The term is particularly as
Watermen's Hall (1778-80), by William Blackburn.
19th-century lightering
Lighters along the Singapore River in 1973. Photograph by Ng Yew Loo.
The Company of Watermen and Lightermen is a historic City guild in the City of London. However, unlike the city's 114 livery companies, CWL does not have a grant of livery. Its meeting rooms are at Wa
Lighterman
…in shipping technology. They were closely associated with the watermen, who carried passengers, and in 1700 joined the Company of Watermen to form the Company of Watermen and Lightermen. This is not, strictly speaking, a livery company but a "City Company Without Grant of Livery", formed in 1700 by an act of Parliament, the Thames…
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