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A barge is a flat-bottomed boat or floating platform used to transport cargo and other heavy items on rivers and waterways. Barges are typically towed or pushed by tugboats and are valued for their ability to carry large loads efficiently through waterways.
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- watercraft
- Image
- Barge on River Thames, London - Dec 2009.jpg
- Said to be same as
- péniche
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- Commons category
- Barges
- topic's main category
- Category:Barges
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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