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A trolley boat (a descriptive neologism not used contemporaneously) is an electrically driven boat on canals and particularly in canal tunnels. It takes its energy like a tram or trolleybus from one or two overhead wires respectively.
Frank W. Hawley converted a conventional steam-driven canal boat into a trolley boat and demonstrated its benefits and limitations 1893 on the Erie Canal. It had two electric motors with 19 kW (25 hp) each, which drove the Buena Vista (Oregon) ferry retired, new boat comin.
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La traction électrique sur le Canal de Charleroi.jpg, Trolley boat on the
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Electric boats
A trolley boat (a descriptive neologism not used contemporaneously) is an electrically driven boat on canals and particularly in canal tunnels. It takes its energy like a tram or trolleybus from one or two overhead wires respectively.
History
Frank W. Hawley converted a conventional steam-driven canal boat into a trolley boat and demonstrated its benefits and limitations 1893 on the Erie Canal. It had two electric motors with 19 kW (25 hp) each, which drove the propeller
A propeller (colloquially often called a screw if on a ship or an airscrew if on an aircraft) is a device with a rotating hub and radiating blades that are set at a pitch to form a helical spiral which, when rotated, exerts linear thrust upon ...
s.
On a 2 miles (4 km) long section of the Brussels–Charleroi Canal
The Brussels–Charleroi Canal, also known as the Charleroi Canal amongst other similar names, (french: canal Bruxelles-Charleroi, nl, kanaal Brussel-Charleroi) is an important canal in Belgium. The canal is quite large, with a Class IV Freyc ...
operated from 1899 a propeller driven trolley boat as a tug. Another installation was built in 1933 on a section of the Marne–Rhine Canal and is still in use. A 3 miles (6 km) long overhead cable was installed at the 2 miles (3,3 km) long canal tunnel {{Refimprove, date=September 2009
A canal tunnel is a tunnel for a canal. The building of a canal tunnel is crucial to help a waterway that is normally used for shipping cross a difficult section of terrain. They are also constructed to reduce th ...
of the Canal de Bourgogne in the French Canton de Pouilly-en-Auxois.
In 2012 Diversified Marine in Portland, Oregon built the new ''Buena Vista Ferry
The Buena Vista Ferry connects Marion County and Polk County across the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located a few miles south of Independence, near the community of Buena Vista. The river is approximately 720 feet (220 m) w ...
'', which obtains its energy through an overhead cable, to connect Marion County and Polk County over the 220 meter wide Willamette River in Oregon./ref> The
Straussee Ferry
The Straussee Ferry (German: ''Strausseefähre'') is a passenger cable ferry that crosses the Straussee lake, near the town of Strausberg in Brandenburg, Germany.
Overview
The ferry service is operated by the Strausberg Railway, using the ferry ' ...
is the last remaining trolley ferry in Germany, since the ferryboat of Haßmersheim was decommissioned in September 2014. It has a single wire overhead power supply.
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Brussels–Charleroi Canal
The Brussels–Charleroi Canal, also known as the Charleroi Canal amongst other similar names, (french: canal Bruxelles-Charleroi, nl, kanaal Brussel-Charleroi) is an important canal in Belgium. The canal is quite large, with a Class IV Freyc ...
Teltow, a trolleyboat on the Teltow Canal.jpg, ''Teltow'', a trolley boat on the Teltow Canal
Pouilly-en-Auxois (Côte-d’Or) - Remorqueur Electrique sortant du tunnel du Canal Bourgogne.jpg, Trolley boat at the canal tunnel of Pouilly-en-Auxois
Pouilly-en-Auxois () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.
It is the start of the Canal of Burgundy, which passes in a tunnel under the town.
Geography
The town was originally sited on the ''St Pierre'' hilltop surroundi ...
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