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	Ferries to France, Ireland, Holland, Spain and Italy from the UK
		Ferries to France, Ireland, Holland, Spain and Italy from the UK Book your cross channel ferry tickets to and from the UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Germany, Holland and Spain online in advance to benefit from exclusive online discounts of on almost all major ferry operators including P&O, Stenaline, Brittany Ferries, Seafrance and Irish Ferries.
		All three ferries are based in the northern Tasmanian port city of Devonport; two ferries travel the route to Melbourne, Victoria, and the third to Sydney, New South Wales.
		Ferries docking at the Gateway of India, MumbaiDue to the numbers of large freshwater lakes and length of shoreline in Canada, many provinces and territories have ferry services.
	www.ferryto.co.uk (2191 words)

	FERRY
		All three ferries are based in the northern Tasmanian port city of Devonport; two ferries travel the route to Melbourne, Victoria, and the third to Sydney, New South Wales.
		A beautiful example of a current propelled ferry is in basel switzerland http://www.faehri.ch/ Chain ferries may be used in fast-flowing rivers across short distances.
		Free ferries operate in some parts of the world, such as at Woolwich in London, England (across the River Thames), in Amsterdam, Netherlands (across the IJ waterway), in New York Harbor, connecting Manhattan to Staten Island and across many lakes in British Columbia.
	www.solarnavigator.net /ferry.htm (998 words)

	Cable ferry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A cable ferry or chain ferry is a means of water transportation by which a ferry or other boat is guided and in many cases propelled across a river or other larger body of water by means of cables or chains connected to both shores.
		Ferries are common where there is little other water-borne traffic which could get snagged in the cable or chains, where the water may be too shallow for other options, or where the river current is too strong to permit the safe crossing of a ferry service not attached to the riverbanks.
		Cable ferries were particularly prominent in the era of canals during the 19th and early 20th centuries in Europe and North America.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chain_ferry (844 words)

	FLOATING BRIDGES (Rope, Chain & Cable Ferries)
		A chain ferry is one, which operates between a fairly narrow channel using a chain, wire cable or rope spanning the channel by which the ferry pulls itself along.
		To prevent the chains becoming so tight as to interrupt the free navigation of the estuary, or to endanger their breaking, instead of being fastened or moored to the shores, their ends have heavy weights attached to them in shafts sunk at the head of each landing place.
		The fact that the chains or cables could be relied upon to sink to the bed of the tide-way meant that even the Admiralty, that most conservative and stringent of authorities, readily accepted floating bridges across the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour and the Hamoaze at Plymouth.
	www.webspawner.com /users/autocad33 (711 words)

	Lopez diver becomes crucial link in freeing ferry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Lopez Island ferry terminal's wingwalls are "impossibly knotted" from damage caused by the Super-class ferry Kaleetan during a windstorm Friday night, said county Commissioner Rhea Miller.
		The snagged anchor chain, one of five connected to that wingwall, went across the four others as it was dragged.
		The cables, or bridles, were in turn attached to the tug, which moved from the ferry’s stern into a position where it could pull the chain from a better angle.
	www.sanjuanislander.com /state/wsf/lopez_hero.html (407 words)

	BC Ferries, Canadain ferry system
		Although the coast faces the stormy Pacific Ocean, the massive bulk of Vancouver Island and a chain of smaller islands stretching north to Alaska shelter it.
		For more than 40 years, BC Ferries has provided vital year-round transportation between Canada's many west coast communities, including the 1-1/2 hour ferry ride between Vancouver on the mainland, and the Provincial capital of Victoria on the southern tip of Vancouver Island.
		Ferries on this route start their 1-1/2 hour crossings at 7am and run until 9pm (10pm during the August peak).
	www.bellsalaska.com /myalaska/bcferries.html (1121 words)

	Geocaching Australia - Free and Open Geocaching
		The ferry is crossing the Rhein betwen Orsoy and Walsum.
		Ferries are victims of their own success, and proposals for a bridge in the area have floated around for decades.
		This ferry is operated across the river "Lek", in the middle of the Netherlands (extension of the Rhine) between the small towns of Ingen and Elst.
	geocaching.com.au /cache/gc68e1 (9710 words)

	Ferry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ferries are also used to transport freight (in lorries and sometimes unpowered freight containers) and even railroad cars.
		The Staten Island Ferry in New York City, sailing between the boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island, is the nation's single busiest ferry route by passenger volume.
		Until the completion of the Mackinac Bridge in the 1950s, ferries were used for vehicle transportation between the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, across the Straits of Mackinac in the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ferries (1895 words)

	Plymouth, Torpoint Ferry
		In January 1790, in the reign of King George III, the Carew and St Aubyn families obtained an Act of Parliament for a ferry from Torpoint to Morice Town on the Devon shore.
		The ferry became the property of Cornwall County Council in November 1922.
		Until recently the service was operated by three chain ferries (or "floating bridges"), all installed in the 1960s and named after the local rivers, Tamar, Tavy and Lynher (pronounced "line-er").
	www.plymouthdata.info /Ferries-Torpoint.htm (497 words)

	Cornwall County Council - Contract To Build New Torpoint Ferries Is Awarded
		The Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee today received a report on the final stages of the tendering process for the selection of a shipyard to build three new chain ferries to replace the existing Torpoint ferries.
		Key features of the new ferries include a range of improved safety features, wider vehicle lanes, easier access for all users, reduced noise levels in passenger accommodation and a more sophisticated drive arrangement enabling improved alignment during loading and unloading.
		The introduction of the new ferries will be coordinated with shore works, necessary to improve slipways and modify chain handling arrangements, in such a way that impact on the travelling public is minimised.
	www.cornwall.gov.uk /index.cfm?articleid=4111 (298 words)

	Ferry services to, from and within Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Onward ferry services to the Greek Islands are normally from Pireas, the port of Athens.
		There are daily ferry services during the summer from the larger Greek islands in the Dodecanese chain to Turkey.
		Reservations are not always required for domestic ferry services, we will advise based on the travel date and the crossing required.
	aegeantourtravel.com /transferries.html (837 words)

	Cornwall County Council - Launch Of Torpoint Ferry ‘Plym II’
		Today’s launch in Glasgow of ‘PLYM II’, the first of three replacement Torpoint chain ferries, by Mrs Tina Crago, wife of John Crago, Joint Chairman of the Tamar Bridge & Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee, represents a significant milestone in the history of the crossing.
		With a nominal capacity of 73 cars, the new ferries are some 50% bigger than the existing ferries and will reduce rush hour waiting time and provide a more effective service to the residents of Cornwall and Plymouth and visitors to the Rame Peninsular.
		The ferry construction contract was awarded in July 2003, and since then a very professional and co-operative working relationship has been established between the Joint Committee, its marine consultants, Burness Corlett and Partners and Ferguson Shipbuilders Limited.
	www.cornwall.gov.uk /index.cfm?articleid=1617 (269 words)

	Trelawne Hotel - Discover Cornwall
		The Staten Island Ferry in New York, the Star Ferry in Hong Kong and the King Harry Ferry in Feock all have one thing in common.
		The popular little chain ferry that links the Roseland peninsula with Falmouth and Truro has been in operation since 1888 and came ninth in The Independent newspaper’s recent survey of the world’s ferries which included similar ferries in Canada, Venice and Dubai.
		During the Second World War when the ferry was operated by steam, it was taken over by the American navy who saved the service by providing proper burning coal which was in short supply at the time.
	www.trelawnehotel.co.uk /news.asp?id=20 (239 words)

	GreenBiz News \| Hybrid Solar Ferries Planned for Alcatraz Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		To help win the multi-million dollar contract, the ferry operator committed to build two brand new hybrid-electric passenger vessels that maximize the use of solar and wind energy, with zero emissions at the wharf.
		The hybrid vessels in the winning proposal by Hornblower were designed by Solar Sailor and modeled on the Solar Sailor ferry in Sydney, Australia.
		"The ferries will get far better mileage and pollute half as much because they will run on electricity or sail much of the time." Bluewater Network introduced the Solar Sailor concept to ferry planners on the Bay five years ago and have been lobbying for such a vessel ever since.
	www.greenbiz.com /news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=31017 (388 words)

	The Old Skillypot - Purple Mountain Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		After the Sleightsburgh ferry was shut down in October 1922, its guide chain and main chain were removed and the entrances to the ferry slips on both sides were boarded up.
		The first rowboats were replaced by horse-powered boats on the river and by chain ferries on the creek.
		The first regular ferry service across the Hudson between Kingston and Rhinecliff (as it was called after 1861) began in the early 1700s, when Jacob Kipp and Moses Cantine operated under a patent from King George II.
	www.catskill.net /purple/skilly.htm (490 words)

	Levkas Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Just beyond this are two chain ferries and a floating bridge with a section that can be raised.
		When the chain ferries and the floating bridge are ready for you to transit the signal on the E bank (two triangles points together over a ball) is lowered and a siren sounds on the floating bridge.
		If that doesn't work the chain ferry operator will make it plain that you are to go with much waving of the hands.
	www.1yachtua.com /Medit-marinas/greece/greece-marinas/levkcanal.htm (287 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Cornwall \| Royal approval for river ferries
		The vessels were launched officially by the Princess Royal and she was also given a tour of one of the new three chain ferries.
		The first new ferry Plym II was delivered to Torpoint in December 2004, while its sister vessel Tamar II followed in March 2005 and the Lynher II, arrived in February 2006.
		The new ferries have wider vehicle lanes and 50% greater carrying capacity.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/england/cornwall/4954918.stm (256 words)

	Cruising Monthly - ferries, pleasure steamers & trip boats
		In this case it is Western Ferries who have stated that they believe their prospects for being successful in the tendering process are so doubtful that it is not worth their while proceeding.
		Following opposition from several groups the planning appeals board rejected the scheme on the grounds that the road system in the vicinity of the planned terminals were inadequate to cope with the extra traffic that would be generated and concerns about the impact of the development on the environment of the lake and surrounding area.
		The new chain ferry intended to relace the exisiting King Harry Ferry which crosses the River Fal was launched on 19 April.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /cmth/archive2006.html (6998 words)

	Chain Accident Lawyer: Free Legal Services in Pennsylvania (PA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A nationally-recognized personal injury law firm, Weitz and Luxenberg is committed to helping clients win cases, get the compensation to which they’re entitled and get on with their lives.
		Accident victims in Chain may be able to get financial compensation for their injuries, pain, and suffering with the assistance of an accident attorney.
		Individuals who have been hurt in auto accidents, construction accidents, slip and falls, work accidents, and other types of accidents resulting in injuries may be helped by Weitz and Luxenberg's legal assistance.
	www.weitzlux.com /pennsylvania/chainaccidentlawyer_87060.html (415 words)

	SW Maritime History - Forum message
		The Windermere Chain Ferry is still in operation all the year around.
		It is a steel steam chain ferry of 70 grt.
		I remember a cable ferry between Bowness-on-Windermere (actually a bit to the south) and the Lancashire side of Lake Windermere in the 1970's.
	www.swmaritime.org.uk /forums/thread.php?threadid=362 (543 words)

	Dee Family Tour of the Netherlands 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is Ceri on the ferry across the Maas between Velden and Grubbervorst.
		These ferries across the Maas are mainly chain ferries.
		The chain can be seen on the left side of the ferry.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /team-triplet/TTSite/2004NL03.htm (471 words)

	Caledonia Ferries
		The ferry runs from Leverburgh at the south end of Harris and makes its way amongst the islands and sandbanks to Berneray, which is joined by a causeway to North Uist.
		Further to the north, the port of Kennacraig is the terminal for ferries to Islay and Colonsay.
		The ferry terminal is situated in Lochboisdale (South Uist's largest village on the east side).
	www.calmac.ferries.org (5726 words)

	Chain Manufacturing - Armed Forces International
		Lloyds (Brierley Hill) has been manufacturing chain for over 100 years and this wealth of experience is enhanced by the most modern production and quality control systems.
		The Non-Magnetic Bronze Chain is part of Lloyds (Brierley Hill) manufacturing range.
		Our calibrated chains are used to operate the chain driven Ferries.
	www.armedforces-int.com /categories/chain-manufacturing (207 words)

	Saugatuck Michigan Area Information and History
		Saugatuck has had a ferry crossing on the river since 1838 and it's the last of its kind on the Great Lakes.
		The Star of Saugatuck is an old fashioned stern wheeler that shuttles passengers on tours of the river and along the Lake Michigan shoreline.
		ride the hand-cranked ferry across the Kalamazoo River, rent a canoe, charter a boat or tour the harbor on board an old-fashioned, sternwheeler paddle boat.
	www.free4allcity.com /michigan/info/saugatuck.htm (732 words)

	Cruising Monthly - ferries, pleasure steamers & trip boats
		CalMac’s new ferry for the Rothesay service — the BUTE — commenced her delivery voyage from Gdansk on Thursday 24 June and is due to arrive in the Clyde on either Tuesday 28 or Wednesday 29 June.
		LYNHER II, the third of the new Torpoint chain ferries, was launched on 9 June at the Ferguson shipyard, Port Glasgow.
		The ferry had arrived from Rosslare at about 11:30 and was forced to wait off the harbour entrance until being allowed to berth shortly before seven o’clock in the evening.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /cmth/archive2005.html (14149 words)

	Lloyds (Brierley Hill) - Armed Forces International
		We mow stand the only UK manufacturer remaining for this type of chain, supplying to the Marine Industry, The British Royal Navy and others.
		As a Lloyds Register of Shipping approved company, for the manufacture of Chain and Fittings, our operations are accredited to the quality standard BS9002/1994.
		Although we are familiar with the disciplines of major contract work, we have the innate flexibility to handle small volume work of a specialist nature.
	www.armedforces-int.com /companies/lloyds-brierley-hill.asp (356 words)

	Welcome to the King Harry Ferry
		The ferry company is privately operated and in the ownership of five local families who hope you enjoy using her as much as they do.
		You can use the King Harry Ferry and enjoy a tranquil interlude whilst taking a scenic journey from the Roseland to the Cathedral City of Truro, or to the town and beaches of Falmouth.
		The present ferry (No. 7) was built in Holland and Falmouth, Cornwall in 2006, and remains a vital and rather charming link over the River Fal.
	www.kingharry-info.co.uk /ferryindex.html (179 words)

	Steamboat Days by Fred Erving Dayton - Famous Old Hudson River Steamboats
		Captain Lyon became skipper of the ferry Tappan Zee in 1880, remaining until it burned in 1887, being replaced by Rockland.
		Riverside, a chain ferry connecting Rondout and Sleightsburg, built in 1870, continued until a suspension bridge was built across Rondout Creek in 1922 and held the record for longest active ferry operation.
		The two chain ferries were mastered by Captain Delamater, David Relyer, William Sleight, James Devoe, Isaac Sleight, succeeded by his son-in-law, Herbert A. Starkey, who died November, 1903, followed by Albert Norris of Esopus, to 1906, and last by Joseph Hasbrouck of Port Ewen.
	www.ulster.net /~hrmm/steamboats/dayton/steam4-84.html (1042 words)

	Irish Ferries Enthusiasts :: Waterford-Little Island
		The small private chain/cable ferry provides the only link to the mainland from Little Island, enabling guests and services to access the Waterford Castle Hotel and Golf Course.
		She runs on cables and was purchased from Scandinavia to replace the Strongbow which was also chain operated and named after the historic warrior who built Reginalds tower in Waterford.
		Strongbow was purchased in September 2001 by Bere Island Ferries to be the center section of a work platform.
	www.irish-ferries-enthusiasts.com /waterfordlittleisland.htm (112 words)

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