Job: Thames Barge Driving Race, London

Date:: 26 Jun 2010

Location:: Greater London Authority

Reference:: 2K/15773

Type:: Job containing Electronic material

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Description

In progress - not yet fully catalogued. Photographer's note: 'The Thames Barge Driving Race or TOW Barge Driving Race is a river race that was set up in 1975 by a charity called The Transport On Water Association (TOW) with the backing of Members of Parliament and Members of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom. The race consists of about 11 teams of between 4 and 8 members who steer and row 30 ton barges over a seven mile course for about 90 minutes from Greenwich to Westminster Bridge. Considerable skill is needed to pilot unpowered barges 'rowed under oars' or sweeps and ride tidal river currents alone, up river. The event commemorates the skills of Lightermen who moved freight this way along the Thames up until the 1930s and in a wider context it encourages ongoing interest in moving cargo via water and as a way to recruit younger people back into river trades. The teams are normally made up of employees of Thames Lighterage companies, or are sponsored by local businesses.'

Content

This is part of the Volume: VF000170 Played in London; within the Series: EHC01/061 Played in Britain; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

This Job is divided into 102 Child Records

This Job contains the following materials:

Photograph (Digital): 196

Rights

People & Organisations

Photographer: Kendall, Derek: Historic England

Keywords

Water Transport