towpath
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thumb|right|A towpath in use on the Finow Canal in Germany thumb|People towing a vessel in the Netherlands in 1931 thumb|Mules pulling a boat on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal thumb|A roving bridge on the English [[Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. The towpath changes to the other side of the canal but the horse does not have to be unhitched.]] thumb|A towpath cut into the rock beside the Lot (river)|Lot river in southwest France thumb|"Towboats Along the Yotsugi-dōri Canal" from Hiroshige's "[[One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" series, a depiction of a towpath in rural Tokyo, mid-19th cent
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- path
- Location
- shore
- Image
- Ilia Efimovich Repin (1844-1930) - Volga Boatmen (1870-1873).jpg
- Has use
- burlak
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- Commons category
- Towpaths
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Modern usage
- Britain
- China
- List of towpaths
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|right|A towpath in use on the Finow Canal in Germany thumb|People towing a vessel in the Netherlands in 1931 thumb|Mules pulling a boat on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal thumb|A roving bridge on the English [[Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. The towpath changes to the other side of the canal but the horse does not have to be unhitched.]] thumb|A towpath cut into the rock beside the Lot (river)|Lot river in southwest France thumb|"Towboats Along the Yotsugi-dōri Canal" from Hiroshige's "[[One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" series, a depiction of a towpath in rural Tokyo, mid-19th century.]]
A towpath is a road or trail on the bank of a river, canal, or other inland waterway. The purpose of a towpath is to allow a land vehicle, beasts of burden, or a team of human pullers to tow a boat, often a barge. This mode of transport was common where sailing was impractical because of tunnels and bridges, unfavorable winds, or the narrowness of the channel.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “towpath” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.