It’s an odd thing about barge / scow jargon… if it’s out there,
it keeps itself well hidden. So I’m going to arbitrarily grab
some terms to use. If you use them in public, some scholar is
likely to take a swing at you, so be warned. For the purposes of
this post… - Barge or Scow – Square sectioned vessels with a bow
and stern transom. Since these examples are all called scows,
I’ll follow suit, today. But it’s six-of-one, half dozen of
t’other. - Dead-flat – A planar stretch of mid-bottom (no
rocker, V or arc… flat like a table top). - Curved End – Bottom
which connects dead-flat and transom with a curved ‘plane’. -
Raked End – Bottom which connects dead-flat and transom with a
plane. - Knuckle – The angle between dead-flat and a curved OR
raked end that does NOT fair smoothly into the dead-flat. Let’s
take a little stroll down Memory Lane. The following models
represent four treatments of the flat bottomed scow: MILTON is a
real ‘knucklehead’. Raked ends, steep forward and easy aft. This
was very common arou