A pusher, pusher craft, pusher boat, pusher tug, or towboat, is a boat designed for pushing barges or car floats. In the United States, the industries that use these vessels refer to them as towboats.
3x3 nine unit barge going through La Crosse, Wisconsin
The towboat Angelina pushes two loaded barges in New Orleans.
The towboat Peter Fanchi southbound on the Ohio river at Louisville, Kentucky
The Donna York pushing barges of coal up the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky
A barge is typically a flat-bottomed boat which does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion. Their original use was on inland waterways, while modern use is on both inland and marine water en
Pusher (boat)
…A pusher, pusher craft, pusher boat, pusher tug, or towboat, is a boat designed for pushing barges or car floats. In the United States, the industries that use these vessels refer to them as towboats. These vessels are characterized by a square bow…
Barges towed by a tugboat on the River Thames in London, England, UK
A British Airways Concorde being towed in New York City, United States. It is on a deck barge.
River barge below Barton Aqueduct c. 1793