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Title: boats
Post by: gillmorr on Saturday 05 September 09 01:21 BST (UK)

what was a boat hauler

Title: Re: boats
Post by: Ecneps on Saturday 05 September 09 01:33 BST (UK)

Hi gillmorr

I came across this occupation while researching canal boatmen, and take it to mean people who took the place of horses, pulling barges along the canals, or perhaps just helping them through the canal locks.

There are plenty listed here - taken from the 1881 census
http://www.boatmen.org.uk/namesm.htm

Information about canal boat life here
http://www.goole-on-the-web.org.uk/main.php?key=9

Barbara
 :)