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	New Jersey Transit
		Construction of the permanent ferry terminal is estimated to cost up to $65 million, which is part of the overall restoration of the Hoboken Terminal.
		Waterproofing and insulating the exterior walls near the ferry slips.
		Ferry service was the biggest supplier of trans-Hudson trips between New Jersey and New York when Hoboken Terminal opened in 1907.
	www.njtransit.com /nn_press_release.jsp?PRESS_RELEASE_ID=490 (974 words)

	ooBdoo
		Ferries are also used to transport freight (in lorries and sometimes unpowered freight containers) and even railroad cars.
		Reaction ferries are cable ferries that use the perpendicular force of the current as a source of power.
		Ferry boats often dock at specialized facilities designed to position the boat for loading and unloading, called a ferry slip.
	www.oobdoo.com /wikipedia/?title=Ferry (1889 words)

	Slip - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Slips are usually caused by inadequate synchronization of the two clocks controlling the transmission or by poor reception of the signal.
		In boating, a slip is a ramp used to move boats and flying boats to and from the water.
		In vehicle dynamics, slip is the relative motion between a tyre and the road surface it is moving on.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slip (449 words)

	New Jersey Scuba Diver - Artifacts & Shipwrecks - Ferry
		The distinction between a ferry and a steamer is a blurred one, though, especially in the waters around New York City, where the same company might operate cross-river vehicle and passenger ferries, and cross-bay passenger steamers, all for the same commuter service.
		Ferry service in general declined in later years, due mainly to the ascendancy of the automobile, and all the bridges and tunnels that have been constructed for it.
		CRRNJ ferry Elizabeth was sunk as a reef in 2005.
	www.njscuba.net /artifacts/ship_ferry.html (733 words)

	Ferry slip - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Often a ferry intended for motor vehicle transport will carry its own adjustable ramp - when elevated it acts as a wave guard and is lowered to a horizontal position at the terminus to meet a permanent road segment that extends under water.
		Unlike the electric motor drive used here and elsewhere, the Point Richmond ferry slip used water tanks as a portion of the counterweight, with the amount of water (provided by gravity from a local creek) regulated to move the apron up or down by admitting or draining water from the tanks.
		Two ferry slips were used by Santa Fe in San Francisco, here near China Basin, and at the north edge of town near the Maritime Museum.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ferry_slip (836 words)

	Clackamas County Dept. of Transportation Development
		Ferry was launched at Baier's plant and christened by Ora Lee Cattley, daughter of Canby's first mayor, Herman A. Lee, and grand-daughter of Philander and Anna Green Lee who settled in the Canby area in 1847.
		The ferry was named for Millard Jerome Lee, first child born (1872) in the 1870-platted town of Canby.
		Ferry closed due to severe flooding on Willamette and remained closed during rebuilding of ferry docks.
	www.co.clackamas.or.us /dtd/trans/info/ferry.htm (429 words)

	Press Release - Ferry Slip Restoration Advances
		The Port Authority expects to have ferry service operating from the restored ferry slips within the next four to five years.
		Construction of the permanent ferry terminal is estimated to cost up to $65 million, which is part of the overall restoration of the Hoboken Terminal.
		Ferry service was the biggest supplier of trans-Hudson trips between New Jersey and New York when Hoboken Terminal opened in 1907.
	www.hobokenterminal.com /press/ferrymou.html (960 words)

	Cape May–Lewes Ferry
		The ferry steamers made their last crossings on the same date, having been made obsolete by the beautiful new suspension bridge running parallel to the ferry route.
		Promptly in July 1963, DRBA approved the purchase of four of the seven ferry vessels that were still being used by the Chesapeake Bay and Tunnel District for $3.3 million in April 1964.
		Of the 15 ferries operating along the Atlantic Coast, there are 3 each in Virginia and New York, 4 in North Carolina and the 5 ferry vessels of Cape May-Lewes Ferry.
	www.capemaylewesferry.com /history/history.html (3468 words)

	siferry100
		Most of the existing ferries were placed on other routes to Brooklyn and to Welfare Island in the East River, and the city introduced the five Borough-boats, double-ended and the first to be propeller-driven.
		Ferry ridership grew from 9.5 million in 1906 to over 14 million by 1915, mirroring the city’s and Staten Island’s rapid population growth, in large part due to heavy European immigration.
		Both ferry terminals have been completely reconstructed in the last year, and instead of waiting in a virtually windowless holding pen, riders now enjoy natural light streaming in through the glass and can see their boat approaching the slip.
	www.worldshipny.com /siferry100.html (1599 words)

	THE RAILROAD FERRY STEAMER "SOLANO." - World's Largest Ferryboat - Central Pacific Railroad
		Among the objects of engineering development was the Railroad Ferry Steamer "Solano," which is supposed to be the largest in the world and which belongs to the Central Pacific Railway Company, and is in use at the Straits of Carquinez.
		The ferry steamer "Solano" was built for the purpose of carrying a full train of cars (viz., forty-eight freight or twenty-four passenger cars with engine) across the Straits of Carquinez, on the line of the Northern Railway, a leased line of the Central Pacific Railroad.
		The city of Benicia and the the SP ferry slip there are visible a mile away on the north side of the Carquinez Straits.
	cprr.org /Museum/Solano (4197 words)

	FERRY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services.
		In Australia, three Spirit of Tasmania ferries carry passengers and vehicles 300 kilometres across the Bass Strait, which separates Tasmania from the Australian mainland.
		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.
	www.solarnavigator.net /ferry.htm (998 words)

	AGO_1951-53_No_417 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Purchase of ferries and leasing of ferry terminals changes status of ferry slips and dock area approaches from private to public highways.
		The purchase of ferries and the leasing of ferry terminals by the State of Washington changed the status of the ferry slips and dock area approaches to constitute them public highways subject to the traffic code.
		The effect of this transfer was to bring the ferry slip and dock area under the broad definition of public highway, supra.
	www.atg.wa.gov /opinions/1951-53/opinion_1951-53_417.html (360 words)

	Menantic Ferry Boat
		However, the ferry company, unable to raise the funds required to purchase the larger and more versatile boat, was dissolved on July 8, 1893 and transferred its assets, about $6,000 and the ferry under construction, to the Shelter Island and Greenport Ferry Company, incorporated with officers Frederick Schroeder, Lemuel Burrows, and Isaac Reeve.
		In 1919, new owners of the ferry company and the hotel proposed to the towns of Southold and Shelter Island that the towns appropriate $500 in 1920 and 1921 for the maintenance of the ferry.
		The ferry slips were all adjusted by the firm of Preston and Horton to accommodate the Poggatticut and the Shelter Island which were much smaller boats than the Menantic.
	www.shelter-island.org /Menantic (1804 words)

	SitNews - The Ferries To Gravina By DAVE KIFFER
		During the trial run of the ferry into the new slip on the Gravina side, it was determined that the ramp did not properly overlap the end of the ferry.
		At that point it was feared that the problems with the ferry slips would delay the opening of the airport which was then scheduled for June 29.
		On Oct. 14, 2001, the new ferry was christened the Oral Freeman in honor of the former mayor and longtime state legislator who had died the previous week.
	www.sitnews.us /Kiffer/AirportFerries/111705_history_ferries.html (1432 words)

	Memo on Ferry Safety
		The ferries are also subject to the forces of the currents that affect their operations in and around ferry terminals.
		This ferry terminal at Pier 78 in Manhattan (roughly at West 38th Street) is a particularly tricky spot for paddlers on a south-to-north course and also on a north-to-south course.
		The reason that the ferries stay well away from the Jersey side is that the marinas on that side of the river are quick to complain about wakes.
	home.earthlink.net /~taterka/FerryMemo.html (1463 words)

	sooeveningnews.com
		At the island ferry landing, the structure and the wooden pilings that preceded it allow the ferry to rub alongside on approach to the ferry slip, orienting the ferry correctly to meet the dock and ramp.
		Most ferry landings, including the old State Ferry docks at St. Ignace and Mackinaw City, are lined with closely spaced vertical timbers that accept considerable punishment from dozens of ferry landings each day.
		Chained in place along ferry slips, the tires tend to bind against steel ferry sides, move from chosen locations and fail frequently.
	www.sooeveningnews.com /articles/2004/02/27/news/news15.txt (846 words)

	Ferry Slip Island
		Ferry Slip Island is a man-made, undiked, dredged-material island in the lower Cape Fear River south of Wilmington.
		The island is posted and patrolled throughout the nesting season to prevent disturbance to nesting birds.
		Ferry Slip supports a large colony of Royal and Sandwich terns and a small colony of Laughing Gulls.
	www.ncaudubon.org /IBAs/Coast/ferry_slip.htm (166 words)

	Deaths, injuries and fear after ferry mishaps
		Smith, who fled from the ferry and tried to commit suicide at home by slashing his wrist and firing a pellet gun into his chest, may have passed out because of a high blood pressure condition.
		The NY Waterway ferry, Millennium, the first boat at the scene, took the eight passengers to Pier 11, near Wall St. The SeaStreak was on its way from South Amboy N.J. to the pier when the fire broke out.
		The scene at the South Ferry slip an hour and a half after the crash in Staten Island was one of confusion with hundreds of Staten Island-bound passengers searching for alternative ways home.
	www.downtownexpress.com /de_26/deathsinjuries.html (364 words)

	Dealership pitchs in during the WTC disaster - News Wrapup - Kelle Chevrolet volunteers cars to ferry survivors home - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Gowen was enlisted in the effort by Mark Leddy, a GM fleet sales executive who had gone to a ferry slip in Atlantic Highlands, NJ to see if his brothers would be among those who escaped from their desks in the World Trade Center.
		By late morning the first ferry arrived with refugees from the stricken site, many of them covered with the white dust and fl soot that rained down on lower Manhattan as the gigantic towers collapsed.
		Gene Cares scooped up a Canadian reporter at the ferry slip and took her to a hotel in the New Jersey Meadowlands.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FJN/is_2_36/ai_80400965 (757 words)

	Cabin News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The two teachers were given complimentary Ferry Line hats and shirts, and Cherry Train owner and driver Ed Livingston honored the two teachers with a cake.
		Ferry Line workers did welding, cement work, and added new hydraulics to the ramp prior to installation.
		Ferry Line crew members showed their appreciation to Commanding Officer John Little and representatives of the Coast Guard Cutter MOBILE BAY during a visit to the island Wednesday, June 5th.
	www.wisferry.com /cabin_news602.htm (526 words)

	Metro-North to commuters: C'mon and take a free ride
		The boat, of course, is the new ferry service that Metro-North has been running between Haverstraw and its train station in Ossining since September.
		Ferry service between New Jersey and Manhattan has been available for years and draws thousands of riders daily.
		More coupons will be available at the ferry slip — along with parking for up to 400 cars and a second, 149-passenger ferry in case the prospect of a summer boat ride on the Hudson produces a crush.
	www.recordonline.com /archive/2001/06/21/jrferry.htm (531 words)

	SeaStreak Ferry signs 5 year Lease - Atlantic Highlands Herald New Jersey
		The lease calls for the construction of a larger slip to accommodate a larger capacity ferry planned for introduction next year.
		SeaSteak which currently pays $125,000 per year for it's slip on Frank's Pier, will be responsible for costs to enlarge the slip.
		It is shortchanging taxpayers." He said after the meeting he wanted to see more competition for the slip from other ferry operators in the area.
	www.ahherald.com /news/001026_seastreak_ferry_lease.htm (630 words)

	OuterBanksGuidebook.com - NC Ferrys - Knotts Island-Currituck free ferry
		Once you drive your car, or truck, or motorcycle, or RV onto a ferry, you suddenly find that you have time to sit back and enjoy the view.
		Like all ferrys, the gulls and terns are a constant presence on this trip, as are the cormorants, who watch the ferrys go by from their favorite perches on bouys and channel markers.
		This particular ferry trip, for some reason, seemed to attract many more gulls than the other ferrys, particularly as the ferry left Currituck.
	www.outerbanksguidebook.com /ferrys.htm (639 words)

	Larne Ferry - Book a Larne Ferry simply and securely with Ferry Travel.com.
		Ferry Travel.com is a UK based ferry dedicated site which enables you to see the routes, timetables, crossing times and prices for all major European ferry operators.
		You can easily compare the prices of different ferry crossings so that you are confident you have chosen the best deal.
		Countries: Ferry to Norway Ferry to Denmark Ferry to England UK Ferry to Finland Ferry to France Ferry to Germany Ferry to Greece Ferry to Holland Ferry to Ireland Ferry to the Isle of Wight Ferry to Italy Ferry to Sardinia Ferry to Scotland Ferry to Sicily Ferry to Spain Ferry to Sweden
	www.ferrytravel.com /larne-ferry.htm (485 words)

	City starts search for downtown-JFK ferry operators Real Estate Weekly - Find Articles
		The rebirth of lower Manhattan received another boost recently as the Port Authority began seeking proposals from ferry operators to initiate service between the area and John E Kennedy International Airport--a key component of New York Governor George E. Pataki's transportation strategy to improve lower Manhattan's mass-transit options and enhance airport access in New York.
		Ferry operators submitting proposals for a JFK-to-lower Manhattan route may include in their proposals additional stops for commuter service in Far Rockaway.
		The ferry slip at JFK will be located near an AirTrain JFK station at Lefferts Boulevard, providing a free and easy rail connection for passengers traveling to and from airline terminals.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3601/is_4_51/ai_n6228273 (482 words)

	SummerHistory Series 2005
		Maybe it could come into a slip at the end of the State Road in Dering Harbor rather than at the slip in the Heights three quarters of a mile further away.
		However, the Town was moving ahead with solving its issues concerning the ferry slip because on September 2 the Town Board resolved to talk to Nathan P. Dickerson about leasing his land for the slip.
		Having a slip in Dering Harbor was for the convenience of the Town; therefore, the Town must build it and maintain it.
	www.shelter-island.org /summer2005_series/equity.html (814 words)

	New York Daily News - Home - Ferry still a disaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The right side was ripped open, the upper deck collapsed onto the lower deck and instantly the front of the ferry was awash in blood and panic.
		And the city's director of ferries, Patrick Ryan, failed to enforce ferry rules requiring two captains to be present in the wheelhouse at all times.
		No city ferry safety rules or procedures were broken or ignored, according to Thomas Merrill, deputy chief of the city corporation counsel's tort division.
	www.nydailynews.com /front/story/461906p-388515c.html (939 words)

	Letter from Town Councilmember Howie Rosenfeld about second ferry slip
		Even when the Orcas Island ferry dock was knocked out of service a few years ago they had their County barge landing to get goods on and off.
		The temporary 2nd slip now in use is a potential emergency back-up that will last three years according to WSF engineers.
		The temporary slip would not be allowed permanently unless it was rebuilt to the same specifications our main dock is now being changed to.
	www.sanjuanislander.com /letters/ferries/rosenfeld.shtml (451 words)

	ice
		The NY Waterway West 38th Street ferry terminal is at the center, bottom of the photograph.
		Three private tugs and one from the U.S. Coast Guard were on hand to keep the NY Waterway service between Weehawken and West 38th Street running this Saturday afternoon.
		NY Waterway is just beginning a new project to construct a modern ferry terminal at this location.
	www.worldshipny.com /ice.htm (494 words)

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