Towpath
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A towpath is a road or trail on the bank of a river, canal, or other inland waterway. The purpose of a towpath is to allow a land vehicle, beasts of burden, or a team of human pullers to tow a boat, o
A towpath in use on the Finow Canal in Germany
People towing a vessel in the Netherlands in 1931
Mules pulling a boat on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
A roving bridge on the English Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. The towpath changes to the other side of the canal but the horse does not have to be unhitched.
Roving bridge
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A roving bridge, changeline bridge, turnover bridge, or snake bridge is a bridge over a canal or navigable river constructed to allow a horse towing a boat to cross the waterway when the towpath chang
Towpath
…Hall, did not want boatmen passing too close to their residence. On canals, one solution to the problem of getting the horse to the other side was the roving bridge or turnover bridge, where the horse ascended the ramp on one side, crossed the bridge, descended a circular ramp on the other side of the river but the…
Stone-built roving bridge 29 with spiral ramp on the Macclesfield Canal
Two locally made Horseley Ironworks roving bridges at Smethwick Junction on the Birmingham Main Line Canal
Split bridge at Spon Lane top lock, Smethwick