Clamps
Tartu 2006
To make the
body of a barge watertight, tarred tow is pressed in the cavities between the
planing, fixed by sealing strips which are in turn held in their places by
clamps and clamp nails. Once the thin iron clamps are in the wood, they stay
there. Altogether, there are about 12,000 clamps and clamp nails in the
body of a barge.
body of a barge.
