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How many packhorses would it take to move this load ?
"Britains 'industrial Revolution' would probably have failed without the canal system."
Approximately how many packhorses would it take to carry a load that could be moved in a canal barge pulled by one horse??
Sorry cant wait a 100 years the load is to be delivered the following morning 20 miles from the wharf. (thanks for trying wolves69)
4 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
one horse no need for any boats if you gets a strong enough horse
- 1 decade ago
A 72 foot (maximum length on british waterways) could easily carry 25 tons,,,,a horse could probably carry 3 cwt ,so that`s at least 7 horses / ton,,so that`s 175 horses / 25 tons
- Michael HLv 71 decade ago
narrow boat payload was often up to 50 tons when it was high density stuff like minerals
A pack horse carries about a person - - 150lbs.
thats 666 packhorses to move 100,000 lb
Who's going to carry the hay ?? I know, we could use a narrow boat for that.....oh no, wait, eeerrrr that'll be another bunch of pack horses..Then who's going to carry thier hay....oh, my brain hurts now.