PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoBoatmen 'legging' through a canal tunnel, a common technique in longer passages with unmotorized vessels, 1961, UKlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1262arrow-down10
arrow-up1262arrow-down1external-linkBoatmen 'legging' through a canal tunnel, a common technique in longer passages with unmotorized vessels, 1961, UKlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years ago Like most of the jobs around the canal industry of the 18th and 19th century it was incredibly tough and dirty work. FTFY
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