Claude Jeunon, a bargee, moved to the area at the end of the 19th century to work on the construction of a new lock.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
As late as the mid-1800s, an English gentleman was expected to beat a boorish cabman or bargee for an affront we would now consider trivial.
From the economist.com
Tabarro, played pretty straight and powerfully conducted by Pappano, lacks any crackle of erotic tension between the bargee Michele, his wife Giorgetta and her stevedore lover Luigi.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Its simple tale focuses on the marital problems of a French bargee and his young provincial wife, and there's an unforgettable performance from Michel Simon as an eccentric seafarer.