Barge facts for kids
A barge is a boat with a flat bottom, mostly built to transport heavy goods along rivers and canals. Some barges cannot move on their own, and must be pushed or pulled by towboats or by horses on the towpath. A narrow barge may be called a narrowboat.
Images for kids
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Barges towed by a tugboat on the River Thames in London, England, UK
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Towboat pushing a barge on the Chicago River
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Multiple barges pushed around a tight bend on the Cumberland River
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Towboat Herbert P. Brake of New York pushes a new barge east on the Erie Canal in Fairport, New York, United States
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Self-propelled car barge on the River Danube
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Barges near Toulouse, France
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Self-propelled barge Andromeda in canal at Hanover, Germany
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Tank barge on the River Moselle, Germany
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Self-propelled barge carrying bulk crushed stone
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Self-propelled barge in the port of IJmuiden, Netherlands
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Barge carrying the Space Shuttle external tank for STS-119 under tow to Port Canaveral, Florida, United States
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Self-propelled barges on the Grand Canal of China near Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Coal barges passing Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on the Ohio River
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Towboat Donna York pushing barges of coal up the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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Barge Haulers on the Volga (1870–73), by Ilya Repin
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Tongkang or car barge, landed on Ketapang Port, Banyuwangi, Indonesia
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US Navy Water Type B ship Barge, YW-59, launched August 29, 1941
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YFN-958 a covered lighter barge, non-Self-propelled. Built by Mare Island Navy Shipyard in 1944.
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Ferrocement Barge, US-102, in the Erie Canal
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WW2 concrete barge at the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, UK
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Sun shining into the empty asphalt barge Endeavour while under repair in Muskegon, Michigan.
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A barge decorated to look like a pelican carrying a jumbotron display.
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See also
In Spanish: Gabarra para niños
