Scow
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A scow is a smaller type of barge. Some scows are rigged as sailing scows. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, scows carried cargo in coastal waters and inland waterways, having an advantage for nav
A New Zealand scow around 1900
A scow on the Adour in Bayonne in 1843 by Eugène de Malbos.
Jane Gifford Re-rigged, Manukau Harbour 1993. Photo: Subritzky Collection.
Niagara Scow
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The Niagara Scow is the unofficial name of the wreck of a small scow that brought two men perilously close to plunging over the Horseshoe Falls, the largest of the Niagara Falls, in 1918. The wreck ca
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…used as dumb barges towed by steamers. Dumb scows were used for a variety of purposes: garbage (see The Adventures of Tugboat Annie), dredging (see Niagara Scow) as well as general estuarine cargos. Sailing scows have significant advantages over traditional deep-keel sailing vessels that were common at the time…
The Niagara Scow (2006)
View of the Toronto Power House with the scow in the background (1922)
Niagara Scow (2009)