Posted by Jock on July 11, 2005 at 20:19:45 from 217.172.246.144 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: SW Oddity - Anchors & Barges posted by Peter H on July 11, 2005 at 18:56:33:
Lighterage was used on the Thames until the demise of London Docks. I remember tug-hauled barges working into (ex GWR) Brentford Dock until its closure in the late '60s. Also barges towed up the Thames by tug were then hauled by small tractors along the Grand Union Canal between Brentford and Southall right up into the 70s.