# Halage (haulage fee)

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## Definition

In older documents, the payment to the towman (tower), namely - a person who, by muscular strength (muscular strenght) or with his own draught cattle (draught cattle) - pulls a ship - on a towpath (towpath, also called towpath, treppelweg and Reckweg: the path laid out along a river or canal) - from the shore upstream; downstream, the natural gradient (water flow rate) drives the ships by itself. - On the European rivers, the towers were mostly working on a commercial scale. Often, however, outside of the time of farming operations, and especially in the winter months, farmers bordering rivers and canals worked as towers, which brought them extra income. - The advent of machine-driven watercraft (steamships on European rivers from about 1830 onward) made towage superfluous and led to a considerable reduction in transport costs, especially for bulk goods such as salt or coal - see Gussgeld, Rheinoctroi, Triftgeld, Wassermaut. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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