Chain boat navigation on the Neckar
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chain-boat-navigation-on-the-neckar-232-1382036
title:
Chain boat navigation on the Neckar
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Chain boat navigation on the Neckar was a special type of tugboat navigation in which chain steamers with several towed barges pulled along a chain laid in the river. It was used from 1878 between Mannheim and Heilbronn and from 1884 as far as Lauffen. Chain shipping considerably reduced the transport costs for skippers compared to the hitherto customary towage by horse, and made ship transport competitive with the railway once again. The progressive canalisation of the Neckar and the barrages r
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Former means of transportation on the Neckar river in Germany
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_boat_navigation_on_the_Neckar
date created:
2024-09-15T21:08:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T22:07:16Z
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