- A
lighterman is a
worker who
operates a lighter, a type of flat-bottomed barge,
which may be
powered or unpowered. In the
latter case it is
today usually...
- The
Tugboat hitch (a.k.a.
Backhanded mooring hitch or
Lighterman's Hitch) is a knot
ideal for
heavy towing, or
making fast to a post, bollard, or winch...
-
Shapley (Chapley) "... coal
merchant and
lighterman..." (c. 1710 – 1780)
Charles Shapley was
bound apprentice lighterman to
Thomas Rowles on 13. Jan 1726, at...
- Registration no.
United States 30-0805768,
United Kingdom 1158838
Headquarters Lighterman House 26-36
Wharfdale Road London, N19RY, UK
Staff 12
Website freedomfund...
- German: "Polish
lighterman", French: "Polish slave", a
drawing by
Daniel Chodowiecki...
-
while taking a walk with his owner,
David Corbett, who
worked as a
Thames lighterman. Su****ion of
involvement in the
theft was
attached briefly to
David Corbett...
- to the reef knot that adds an
extra twist when
tying the
first throw Lighterman's
hitch (tugboat hitch) –
ideal for
heavy towing, or
making fast to a...
- a
lighterman and
worked for
Humphrey & Grey
starting as a boy in the tug Sir John.
After two year with
Humphrey & Grey he
obtained his
lighterman’s licence...
- for Darlington.
Kirkham was the
third child of
Thomas Gallon Kirkham, a
lighterman, and his wife
Elizabeth Jane. He was born in Felling,
County Durham, where...
- politician. Born in
Brighton to a
Catholic family,
Smith became an
apprentice lighterman when he was
eleven years old, but ran away to sea and
settled in the United...