Wheeltapper 2008
Robbie Robinson Award, First in Road Vehicles, Boats, People, Animals
Paul Wright(Left) receiving the Robbie Robinson Award from Mick Moignard.
The ship modelled here was built in 1912 in Alkmaar, the Netherlands. It
used a one-cylinder Steynwall engine of 45 PS, and was owned by a Dutch
concrete firm from The Hague.
Ships like this one (the HBM 10) were in active use until the 1970’s,
transporting all kinds of tows through canals.
Lighters are used for all kinds of things: as a platform for cranes, as a
tow, as a floating terrace in the Amsterdam canals.