Barges On Canal: Concrete Hulls With Living Quarters For Families: Windowed Cruise Boat Cabin With Soft Seats And Polished Tables

One can only imagine the splendour of the boats as they carried the tributes to the Emperor in Peking, but today’s traffic was commercial, with the occasional tour boat to attract the attention of the local people. There were the individual motorised carriers; others propelled by rear oarsmen; boats with small sails; then came the trains pulled along by powerful tug boats, their klaxons blaring out a warning to the traffic ahead particularly on approaching a narrower stretch of canal, or where the arch of a road bridge had to be entered. Most of the load carriers had concrete hulls, some having the luxury of decks and small open cabins , which were the living quarters of the barge-men and sometimes of their families.

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