chain ferry
1Ferry — For other uses, see Ferry (disambiguation). Main article: Merchant ship A ferry (or ferryboat) is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry (or ferry) primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as… …
2Chain steam shipping — Postcard showing a chain steamer on river Seine in France. The caption reads Conflans Sainte Honorine An arm of the Seine waterway. A train of barges …
3Cable ferry — Coin operated cable ferry at Espevær in Bømlo, Norway A cable ferry is guided and in many cases propelled across a river or other larger body of water by cables connected to both shores. They are also called chain ferries, floating bridges, or… …
4Sandbanks Ferry — is a vehicular chain ferry which crosses the entrance of Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset. The route runs from Sandbanks to Studland and in doing so connects the coastal parts of the towns of Bournemouth and Poole with Swanage and… …
5Gosport Ferry — The Gosport Ferry is a ferry service operating between Gosport pontoon and Portsmouth pontoon in Hampshire, southern England. It is currently operated by Gosport Ferry Ltd, a subsidiary of the Portsmouth Harbour Ferry Company plc, itself a wholly …
6Woolston ferry — was opened.Initially there was only one ferry, but this increased to two in 1881 [www.plimsoll.org] . Initially built and owned by the Floating Bridge Company , the Floating Bridges were sold to Southampton Corporation in 1934The Illustrated… …
7King Harry Ferry — The King Harry Ferry is a vehicular chain ferry which crosses the Carrick Roads reach of the estuary of the River Fal in the United Kingdom county of Cornwall. The ferry crosses between the villages of Feock and Philleigh, roughly half way… …
8Hampton Loade Ferry — is a current operated pedestrian chain ferry, sometimes called a reaction ferry, which links the villages of Hampton Loade and Hampton across the River Severn in the English county of Shropshire. The crossing has been in use for around 400 years …
9Hampton Ferry (River Avon) — The Hampton Ferry is a pedestrian chain ferry, which links the main town of Evesham and the district of Hampton across the River Avon in the English county of Worcestershire. The ferry route dates back to the 13th century, when it was established …
10Torpoint Ferry — The Torpoint Ferry is a car and pedestrian chain ferry crossing the Hamoaze, a stretch of water at the mouth of the River Tamar, between Devonport in Plymouth and Torpoint in Cornwall. The service was first introduced by James Meadows Rendel… …
