Horse drawing from a towpath on the Kennet and Avon Canal. The Kennet and Avon Canal is a Canal in southern England The name may refer to either the route of the original Kennet and Avon Canal Company, which linked the

Not to be confused with the modern towboat. A towboat is a Boat designed for pushing Barges Towboats are characterized by a square bow with steel knees for pushing and powerful engines

A horse-drawn boat or tow-boat is a historic boat operating on a canal, pulled by a horse walking on a special road along the canal, the towpath. A boat is a Watercraft of modest size designed to float or plane on water and provide transport over it Canals are artificial channels for water There are two types of canals water conveyance canals which are used for the conveyance and delivery of water and Waterways The horse ( Equus caballus) is a hoofed ( Ungulate) Mammal, one of eight living species of the family Equidae. A road is an identifiable route, way or path between two or more places. A towpath is a Road or Trail on the bank of a River, Canal, or other inland waterway

It has been in use, both for public transport and freight from ca. 1630 to ca. 1850. Horse drawn boats were used well into the 1960s for commercial transport, and are still used today by passenger trip boats and other pleasure traffic.

See also

• Flatboat
• Narrowboat
• Trekschuit (horse-drawn boat in the Netherlands)

External links

• http://www.canaljunction.com/craft/horsedrawn1.htm
• http://www.horsedrawnboats.co.uk/
• The Horseboating Society
• Kennet Horse Boat Company