The phrase "a small barge" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a type of boat that is typically flat-bottomed and used for transporting goods or people on rivers or canals.
Example: "The fisherman used a small barge to navigate the shallow waters of the river."
Alternatives: "a tiny vessel" or "a little boat".
A small barge with pontoons, the harvester uses a conveyor belt to scoop up the algae.
He described the boat as "a small barge" being dragged south along the Hudson River by the current.
The homemade unit, a bright red and yellow frame, hung from one end of a small barge attached to four huge anchors.
Mrs. Okolicsanyi's father invited us to join his family and friends in viewing the fireworks from a small barge on the canal.
But the De 4 Vaargetijden, a small barge operator, offers three- and four-night trips departing from Oudenaarde, in the Belgian province of East Flanders, about 30 miles west of Brussels, as well as journeys of a week or more.
Last week, Joe Corré, the son of the fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and the late Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, took a small barge out on the Thames and proceeded to set a fortune in irreplaceable punk memorabilia on fire.
In Williamsburg, a similar battle is being waged over a smaller barge proposed by a related company, New York City Energy, which applied for a permit for a 79-megawatt barge near Division Avenue, an area recently zoned residential.
There is also a smaller barge in the H mooring field between Lido Isle and the peninsula.
It offers rentals from three companies, Locaboat (www.locaboat.com), which rents Pénichettes, a traditional style small barge; and Crown Blue Line (www.crown-blueline.com) and Connoisseur (www.hausboote.com), which use boats that are more like cabin cruisers.
In Pirates of the Caribbean, we boarded small barges to tour a wonderfully imagined world of pirates at play and in battle.
We got more of a thrill out of saying buongiorno to the guys who manoeuvred their small barges down the same canal to collect our rubbish twice a week.
