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Reni - Hospital Barge our [?] on Danube in the distance
Moir, Ethel, 1916, Photograph
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Reni - Hospital Barge our [?] on Danube in the distance
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Reni - Hospital Barge our [?] on Danube in the distance
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This image is taken from Ethel Moir Diary Vol. 2 - section headed, En Route for The Front
Artist / maker
Moir, Ethel
Date
1916
Size
4.0 x 6.1 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
During the First World War, the British Army used narrow boats (or barges) sailing on canals and rivers for the transport of the wounded. A journey by barge would have been smoother and slower than any other means of transport and gave time for the nurses to wash the casualties, then clean and dress their wounds. Patients were also given food during their journey.
These narrow boats were not originally designed and built as hospital barges - existing barges were specially adapted from vessels used for the transport of goods such as coal. Access hatches were cut into the roofs and hand-operated lifts were installed so that stretchers could be lowered down into the body of the narrow boat.
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There's a Long Long Trail A-Winding - vol 2
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