Ferry Collection (#15)

Newport Bridge
Newport Transporter Bridge, Monmouthshire, Wales, is one of the worlds few surviving aerial ferries. It was completed in 1906 by French engineer Ferdinand Arnodin. Date: 1906

Yeni Cami - Istanbul
The Yeni Cami ( New Mosque of the Valide Sultan ) at Constantinople, Turkey. Standing at the Stanboul end of the Galata Bridge

Tasmania, Australia - Hobart - The Harbour. Date: circa 1910s

Open Cable Car at San Sebastan, Spain
Spain - San Sebastian - The Monte Ulia Funicular Shuttle Arrives at the Station. This open cable car was opened on September 30, 1907 and was designed by Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (1852-1936)

Ayr Pier, Scotland - Arrival of the ferry Date: 1905

Sluis - Arrival of the Steamer from Bruges
Arrival (in Sluis) of the steamer from Bruges to Sluis - The Netherlands. Date: 1908

Port at Vietri, Phu Tho, Vietnam
The port at Vietri, Phu Tho, Vietnam. A steamer moored at a landing stage. Date: 1913

Traditional river ferryboat - Vietnam Date: circa 1902

The Great Eastern scrapped: the auction, 1888
The Great Eastern under the hammer. After a thirty year career, the great steamship was scrapped, with her hull and fittings being sold at auction at New Ferry, Liverpool. 1

Beg-Meil - Arrival of the boat from Concarneau
France - Beg-Meil, Finistere, Western Brittany - Arrival/return of the boats carrying holidaymakers from Concarneau and Glenan

Saint-Cloud, Paris, France - Ferry Station Date: circa 1910

Dinard, France - The Ferry
Dinard, France (on The Emerald Coast ) - The Slipway and the paddlesteamer ferry. Date: circa 1910s

Switzerland - Villeneuve, Lac Leman (Lake Geneva) - a steamer about to embark on a lake crossing Date: circa 1895

Municipal Ferry Boat, New York City, USA
Municipal Ferry Boat from Queens to Manhattan, New York City, USA Date: 1909

Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, USA Date: circa 1920s

Assassination attempt on Jules Ferry
Aubertin attempts to assassinate the French politician, Jules Ferry, (1832-1893) at the Chamber of Deputies, Paris. Ferry was later assassinated by an Alsatian fanatic on 10th December 1892

Star Ferry Wharf, Hong Kong Date: circa 1910s

Montreux - Disembarktion quay for the Ferry
Montreux, Switzerland (on the Lake Geneva shoreline...) - the disembarkation point for the Lake Ferry. Date: 1910s

Karakoy, Istanbul, Turkey - The Moorings
At Karakoy, the tourist liners moor up today. View showing little ferry boats (some had awnings to keep the sun off the delicate passengers, so this is likely to be off-season!)

Jules Ferry (Photo)
JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE FERRY French statesman, favoured colonial expansion, held anti-clerical views. Date: 1832 - 1893

ON GOLDEN ARROW FERRY
A smartly dressed couple stroll along the deck of the Golden Arrow ferry, connecting luxury trains between Dover and Calais. Date: 1947

Fowey / Bodinnick Ferry
Fowey, Cornwall: Bodinnick Ferry Date: 1915

Nicolas Ferry, Midget
NICOLAS FERRY known as Bebe (= Baby) French dwarf, with big dog Date: 1739 - 1764

Woman waiting for ferry, Fishguard, South Wales
A middle-aged woman waiting for the ferry boat at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. She has found a sunny corner to sit in, with the sea behind her

South Ferry, New York City, America

West Street, New York
West Street and Jersey Ferries, New York City, America

Cars on a rope ferry, Middle East
Two cars on a rope ferry, about to be transported across a stretch of water somewhere in the Middle East

Greece - Crossing the Canal at Corinth
Greek men and their horse-drawn carts cross the Corinth Canal, Greece on a lightweight chain ferry

Italy - Cannero on Lake Maggiore
Italy - Cannero on the shore of Lake Maggiore - a ferryboat is arriving

The Floating Bridge, Southampton

Bulgaria - Port on the Danude - Ruse

River Fal - The King Harry Ferry, Cornwall
Scenic View of the River Fal - The King Harry Ferry, Cornwall

French rail poster - Dover
French rail poster for the Chemin de Fer du Nord route to Dover with six fast services per day

Family group on a Channel crossing
A happy family group pose for their photograph on the ferry as they cross the English Channel for a holiday. There are two women, two girls and a boy

Car being loaded onto a ferry
A car being loaded onto a ferry named the St Patrick

Korcula, Croatia
A view of Korcula, Croatia - an island off the Dalmatian coast on the Adriatic Sea

Ferryboat Terminal, Railway Station and Jungfrau Mountain
The Ferryboat Terminal, Railway Station and Jungfrau Mountain (in distance) at Interlaken. Picture from a postcard set of views of Interlaken in the Canton of Bern

Merligenstrasse running alongside Lake Thun. Picture from a postcard set of views of Interlaken in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland and local countryside scenes

Bizerte, Tunisia - Unloading the ferry of its contents of cyclists, wagons, pedestrians and what appears to be a stagecoach (!) on the left and those awaiting to embark on the right

Ferry transporting railway wagons
A wonderful nightime photograph of the Suffolk Ferry departing Harwich with a load of railway wagons. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Washington Lake Ferry
Washington Ferry of the King Company on Lake Washington, Kirkland, America

New York Ferry, America

W. Harlock Ferry
W. Harlock steamer ferry, ran from Fulton Landing, Illinois, America

The Landing for Coruisk, Loch Scavaig, Skye

Lake District - Cumbria - Ferry arriving at Patterdale
Lake District - Cumbria - The Raven ferry arriving at Patterdale on Ullswater

Ireland - Greetings Card
A greeting card from Ireland (interestingly depicted as one country)

Ferry Trips - Hamburg, Germany
Taking a trip around the Big Bay/Harbour in a two-level boat at Hamburg, Germany. The bearded captain stands on the lower level to the left

New Bridge (Galata Bridge) in the rain
View toward Karakoy across the New Bridge (Galata Bridge) on a very wet day - Constantinople, Turkey

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