2010
SX8751 : The Lower Ferry unloading at Dartmouth
taken 16 years ago, near to Dartmouth, Devon, England
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The Lower Ferry unloading at Dartmouth.
When the ferry has been reloaded, the tug will go astern, pulling the pontoon from the slipway. It then casts off from the pontoon, turns and re-attaches itself to pull the pontoon across the river.
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Lower Ferry at Dartmouth
The Lower Ferry crosses the River Dart between Dartmouth and Kingswear and carries up to 8 cars plus a number of foot passengers.
There are a pair of ferry units, each consisting of a floating platform which is pushed and pulled by an associated tug.
The ferry operates on the route of the original row-boat ferry between Dartmouth and Kingswear which was replaced in 1834 by the 'horse ferry' - also rowed, but capable of taking two horses and carts.
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- Grid Square
- SX8751, 1110 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Robin Drayton (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 26 April, 2010 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Saturday, 1 May, 2010
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SX 878 510
[100m precision]
WGS84: 50:20.9248N 3:34.6421W - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
SX 878 509
- View Direction
- North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
