Barge Collection (page 6)

Photo U Boat 7 above water, 1 Comp XIV Sea Force
952910 Photo U Boat 7 above water, 1 Comp XIV Sea Force by Unknown photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

Return of the cargo diving boat Germany, U Boat
952473 Return of the cargo diving boat Germany, U Boat by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

Photo HAPAG, Steamship Albert Ballin, Promenade Deck
952020 Photo HAPAG, Steamship Albert Ballin, Promenade Deck by Unknown photographer, (19th-20th century); Private Collection; © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

Photo Vasari, Lamport & Holt Line, Steamer
951083 Photo Vasari, Lamport & Holt Line, Steamer by Unknown photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

Foto Steamer Anglo Canadian, 1928, Belfast Daily Exp
950768 Foto Steamer Anglo Canadian, 1928, Belfast Daily Exp. by Unknown photographer, (19th-20th century); Private Collection; © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

Side view of the steamer Munich of HAPAG
950141 Side view of the steamer Munich of HAPAG by Unknown photographer, (19th-20th century); Private Collection; © Arkivi UG All Rights Reserved

The Thames houseboat (England) Charlotte, towed by the Vigilant, off Greenwich
MMM5483545 The Thames houseboat (England) Charlotte, towed by the Vigilant, off Greenwich; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: The Thames houseboat (England) Charlotte

Variety of Dutch boats: sailboats, ships and barges. Oil on canvas by Lieve Pietersz Verschuier (1630-1686)
MMM5461407 Variety of Dutch boats: sailboats, ships and barges. Oil on canvas by Lieve Pietersz Verschuier (1630-1686). by Verschuier, Lieve (1630-86); National Maritime Museum, London

Men hauling a barge along a canal
5310190 Men hauling a barge along a canal; (add.info.: Engraving depicting men hauling a barge along a canal. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Seine at Paris (pastel on paper)
XIR36999 The Seine at Paris (pastel on paper) by Nittis, Giuseppe or Joseph de (1846-84); 50x68.7 cm; Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France; (add.info.: by Giuseppe or Joseph de Nittis)

The Lady Alice being attacked
5307587 The Lady Alice being attacked.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Lady Alice being attacked at Bambireh. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG

Barge, c.1910 (photo)
8698415 Barge, c.1910 (photo); (add.info.: Transport. Marine. Barge at Vendhuile on the Canal of Saint Quentin, North of France. Photo, France, ca 1910.); © Archives Charmet

Traveling musicians, c.1881-83 (oil on canvas)
8724773 Traveling musicians, c.1881-83 (oil on canvas) by Favretto, Giacomo (1849-87); Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina; (add.info.: By Giacomo Favretto)

View of a pound lock and its gates. Engraving, London, 1808
2602884 View of a pound lock and its gates. Engraving, London, 1808.; (add.info.: View of a pound lock and its gates. Engraving, London, 1808.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Sailing barge going through a pound lock. Engraving, London, 1836
2602883 Sailing barge going through a pound lock. Engraving, London, 1836.; (add.info.: Sailing barge going through a pound lock. Engraving, London, 1836.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Grand Junction Canal, England. Unloading a straw barge in Paddington Basin, London
2602835 Grand Junction Canal, England. Unloading a straw barge in Paddington Basin, London.; (add.info.: Grand Junction Canal, England. Unloading a straw barge in Paddington Basin, London)

Residence, offices and tent-barge of the Alkmaar cocoa Plantation on the Suriname in the 19th century
3252964 Residence, offices and tent-barge of the Alkmaar cocoa Plantation on the Suriname in the 19th century; (add.info.: Residence)

The River Bure in the Norfolk Broads, 1850 (engraving)
3330800 The River Bure in the Norfolk Broads, 1850 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting the River Bure in the Norfolk Broads. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A Galliot, 1850
3330722 A Galliot, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of a Galliot, a type of French flat-bottom river boat or barge. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Thames Sailing Barge, 1850
3330581 The Thames Sailing Barge, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Thames Sailing Barge, a type of commercial sailing boat common on the River Thames in London in the 19th Century)

Tower Bridge from the Lower Pool, c.1925 (w/c on paper)
BOU203141 Tower Bridge from the Lower Pool, c.1925 (w/c on paper) by Coop, Hubert (1872-1953); 50.8X71.2 cm; Private Collection; Bourne Gallery, Reigate, Surrey

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The Ottoman sultan's barge nearly run down in the Bosphorus (engraving)
8676935 The Ottoman sultan's barge nearly run down in the Bosphorus (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Rochester and River Medway
864153 Rochester and River Medway; (add.info.: Rochester, Kent, England, situated on the River Medway. Viewed from across the river on which are sailing barges are the 12th century castle)

Train in station on Illinois Central Railroad. Background, a map of ICRR lines in US, c1882
528323 Train in station on Illinois Central Railroad. Background, a map of ICRR lines in US, c1882. Transport Steam Locomotive Cowcatcher Headlight Passenger Ship Canal Barge Stagecoach Horse

Barge moored on the Erie canal in Buffalo, USA. The Erie canal was opened on 26 October 1825. Engraving, New York, 1885
2602889 Barge moored on the Erie canal in Buffalo, USA. The Erie canal was opened on 26 October 1825. Engraving, New York, 1885.; (add.info.: Barge moored on the Erie canal in Buffalo, USA)

Montagu-House, Whitehall, the residence of the Duke of Buccleuch, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Montagu-House, Whitehall, [London], the residence of the Duke of Buccleuch, 1864. We give a View of the river front of this noble mansion, the exterior of which is now almost complete

The British Association at Bath: aqueduct of the Kennet and Avon Canal...near Bath, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The British Association at Bath: aqueduct of the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Limpley Stoke, near Bath, 1864. The aqueduct of the Kennet and Avon Canal, over the River Avon

British nurses on hospital barge, 19 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British nurses on hospital barge, 19 Jun 1917. A Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR) staff nurse, Territorial Force Nursing Service (TFNS) sisters

Scene of the fire at Dockhead, Bermondsey, sketched on Saturday morning, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the fire at Dockhead, Bermondsey, [London], sketched on Saturday morning, 1864. a great fire broke out in the waterside premises of Messrs

Sailing-barge race on the Thames, 1864. Creator: Edwin Weedon
Sailing-barge race on the Thames, 1864. A novel kind of sailing-match...was that which took place on the Thames, on Friday week under the auspices of the Prince of Wales Yacht Club

Tver'. Left: Otroch Monastery, Ekaterininskaia Church, Church of Sts. Mina, Victor and... 1910
Tver'. Left: Otroch Monastery, Ekaterininskaia Church, Church of Sts. Mina, Victor and Vincent. Right: Church of the Nativity of Christ in Rybaki, 1910

The Prince and Princess of Wales embarking at Dundee for Denmark on Saturday last, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Prince and Princess of Wales embarking at Dundee for Denmark on Saturday last, 1864....the Prince and Princess of Wales, with their infant son, Prince Albert Victor

Commencement of the Thames Embankment works near Westminster Bridge, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Commencement of the Thames Embankment works near Westminster Bridge, 1864. View of...piles being driven in, and scaffolding of an extensive character being erected to support

Aerial of barge on the Ohio River near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi River, Fort Defiance State Park, Alexander County, Illinois

View over the Oude Schans on the Montelbaanstoren, 1870-1923. Creator: Willem Witsen
View over the Oude Schans on the Montelbaanstoren, 1870-1923

The arrival of the Weesper Schuit on the Buiten Amstel (Diary, November 19), 1805-1808. Creator: Christiaan Andriessen
The arrival of the Weesper Schuit on the Buiten Amstel (Diary, November 19), 1805-1808

Seas off the Coast, with Spritsail Barge, 1697. Creator: Ludolf Bakhuizen
Seas off the Coast, with Spritsail Barge, 1697

Accident at the Entry Lock of the East India Docks, Blackwall, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Accident at the Entry Lock of the East India Docks, Blackwall, [London], 1858. The vessels were the brig Ocean, of Shoreham, bound to Swansea, with a cargo of copper ore, and the collier brig Lustre

Perennial Performance in Paradise, between c1825 and c1850. Creator: Unknown
Perennial Performance in Paradise, between c1825 and c1850

View of Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, c17th century. Creator: Anthonie Beerstraaten
View of Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, c17th century

Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. Creator: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Illustration for Basedow's Elementary Work, 1770. Plate: Table XIV(b). A popular illustrated textbook for children

Landscape with a windmill by moonlight, 1847-1899. Creator: Jacob Henricus Maris
Landscape with a windmill by moonlight, 1847-1899

Landscape with a moored barge with barrels, 1756-1826. Creator: Cornelis Buys
Landscape with a moored barge with barrels, 1756-1826

The Prince of Wales on board the State Barge of the Maharajah at Benares...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales on board the State Barge of the Maharajah at Benares, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The future King Edward VII in India

River landscape with various barges, 1741-1820. Creator: Abraham Delfos
River landscape with various barges, 1741-1820

The Rupelmonde house on the Vecht, 1754-1820. Creator: Hermanus Numan
The Rupelmonde house on the Vecht, 1754-1820

Jaap you need even more money (diary, November 10), 1805-1808. Creator: Christiaan Andriessen
Jaap you need even more money (diary, November 10), 1805-1808

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"Barge: Navigating Through History and Beauty" From the picturesque Canaletto paintings depicting the bustling Thames to the Liverpool Docks, where these mighty vessels once ruled the waters, barges have left an indelible mark on our maritime heritage. The iconic image of the Thames Barge Sara gracefully sailing through Maldon, a Blackwater Estuary town in Essex, evokes a sense of nostalgia for simpler times. Inextricably linked to industry, barges played a crucial role in transporting goods such as sugar from Tate & Lyle Refinery or coal from Battersea Power Station along London's waterways. A GWR Publicity Poster from 1946 showcases their efficiency and reliability as they traversed canals and rivers with ease. Venturing beyond British shores, we find ourselves captivated by the enchanting sight of brightly painted barges harmoniously coexisting with oast houses on the River Medway near Maidstone. This idyllic scene reminds us that they are not just utilitarian vessels but also symbols of cultural identity. Across Europe, barge culture thrives along historic waterways like Pontcysyllte Aqueduct—a UNESCO World Heritage Site—where these sturdy boats navigate breathtaking landscapes alongside Ellesmere Canal. Meanwhile, on Hungary's Danube River lies Buda Castle—a majestic backdrop against which barges glide effortlessly—showcasing their versatility across diverse terrains. Whether it be witnessing Canaletto's art come alive or exploring hidden gems like Maldon or Yalding, each barge tells its own story. These floating marvels connect us to our past while reminding us of their enduring beauty in present-day life. So let us celebrate these magnificent vessels that have shaped history and continue to inspire awe wherever they sail—the timeless allure of a barge is truly unparalleled.