[Leica] #254 & #255

[robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)]

Graham,

So there are some (or one, at least) still hauling goods.   That's great to 
know.   And that they all were barges originally.   There is a very good 
Inspector Morse show about a 19th century canal barge, just like the ones 
you've pictured, that was the center of a murder mystery that Morse solved, 
of course, even though it happened 150 years ago.  Your documentation of 
them, on the water, in use, is quite wonderful.

Thanks,
Bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GeeBee" <geebee@geebeephoto.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] #254 & #255


> From: "Robert Meier" <robertmeier@usjet.net>
>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] #254 & #255
>
>
>> Are all these barges pleasure boats?   Surely they're not commercial
> barges
>> carrying loads, are they?
>>
>> > Leica M6 : 135mm Elmar : green filter : Kodak T400 CN
>> >
>> > http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/05254.htm
>> >
>> > http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/05255.htm
>> >
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> The one in this shot might qualify as a barge as it has a wooden hull. It
> was under tow for a refit as a pleasure craft and I managed 30 seconds
> conversation with the guy on the rudder. I commented that it was going to
> take a bit of renovating and he said that it was "the last one made.
> Aberystwyth". I took that to be where it was made not the name of the 
> barge.
>
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/05256.htm
>
> I think that this one is still hauling goods:
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/05234.htm
>
> --Graham
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