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Cable Ferry
Coin-operated cable ferry at Espevær in Bømlo, Norway

A cable ferry (known as chain ferry, swing ferry, floating bridge, or punt) is a ferry that is guided (and in some cases propelled) across a river by cables connected to both shores. Early cable ferries used either rope or steel chains, with the latter resulting in the name "chain ferry". Both of these were replaced by wire cable in the 19th century.

Gallery

  • Pohon přívozu Kazín

    Chain-pulling engine of a small ferry on Berounka river near Prague, Czech Republic

  • Handbetriebene Fähre P1020854

    Malgas Ferry on the Breede River, Western Cape, South Africa


Images for kids

  • Linfärjan Vaxholm 01

    Cable ferry in Vaxholm, Sweden

  • Sackville ferry gnangarra-21

    Winding mechanism on the Sackville Ferry in New South Wales, Australia

  • Marion Post Wolcott - Old cable ferry between Camden and Gees Bend, Alabama

    Simple cable ferry, Gee's Bend, Alabama, 1939

  • Kam Tin River Inter Islands 2013

    Nam Sang Wai Ferry, Hong Kong

  • Ferry over Shire River in Mozambique

    Chain ferry being handcranked in Mozambique

  • Cowes Floating Bridge 1

    The Cowes Floating Bridge loading at East Cowes, on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom.

  • Small Mannum Ferry

    The Mannum Ferry.

  • Moggill Ferry

    The Moggill Ferry

  • Wisemans Ferry

    Wisemans Ferry

  • Lytton Reaction Ferry

    Lytton Ferry (Fraser River)

  • MVRiverhurstferry

    Riverhurst Ferry

  • Île-Bizard Ferry

    Laval-sur-le-Lac–Île-Bizard Ferry

  • Alassalmi cable ferry 2007-07-01

    Alassalmi cable ferry

  • Karhun kapulalossi

    Karhun cable ferry

  • Koivukannan lossi ja jäätie

    Koivukanta ferry in winter and parallel ice road for lighter vehicles

  • Car float - Pikkarala Oulu

    Pikkarala ferry wintering on the shore of Oulujoki.

  • Seilfähre Pritzerbe

    The Pritzerbe Ferry

  • Elbefähre Rathen (02)

    The Rathen Ferry

  • Prom na Wiśle Kazimierz Dolny-Janowiec. Ferry in Kazimierz Dolny-Janowiec (Poland - Vistula river)

    Ferry in Kazimierz Dolny-Janowiec (Poland – Vistula river)

  • Prom na Wiśle z Gniewu do Janowa. Ferry in Gniew (Poland, Vistula river) (1)

    Ferry in Gniew (Poland, Vistula river)

  • Prom Borusowa Wisla River

    High-rope ferry in Borusowa on the Vistula River

  • LinfärjanSaga

    The Swedish ferry Saga on the Hamburgsund route. The yellow colour is typical for car ferries in Sweden.

  • Vaxholm 2017-09-08 13.20.35

    The Swedish ferry Vaxholmen with its destination, Vaxholm Castle, in the Stockholm Archipelago.

  • Canby Ferry 1

    Canby Ferry

  • White's Ferry on Potomac River

    White's Ferry on the Potomac River

  • Wheatland Ferry approaching east landing P2326

    Wheatland Ferry

  • Princeton Ferry

    Princeton Ferry (undergoing renovation)

See also

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