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St Basile NB – Wire/Cable Ferry Boat (1915)

Detail of horse-drawn cart on ferry Read more »

July 16, 2011 Posted by | . | , , , , , | Leave a Comment

Historical wire/cable ferries | St-Leonard N.B. – Van Buren Maine

Transcript:

Dear Amelia,

I rec’d your card before I left St. J. June 21st but was waiting for a letter. I am having a dandy time. Was to the “Cannon Ball” last night. Had’nt heard form Annie since I left St.John. Hope you are well & enjoying yourself. Write soon to your true friend Myrtle Dearton (?)

Historical Notes:

Today Saint Leonard, New Brunswick  is connected to Van Buren, Maine by the Saint-leonard-Van Buren (1972) bridge which replaced an earlier bridge (1911), which in its turn replaced the cable ferry which you see above.

Related Posts:

Index Vintage Postcards of New Brunswick

St Basile NB – Wire/Cable Ferry Boat (1915)

Edmunston NB – International Ferry (ca 1907)

Further reading:

Maine Memory Network – International Ferry, Van Buren, ca. 1910

Maine Memory Network – Van Buren to Saint Leonard Bridge

Cable ferry – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cable ferries operating in New Brunswick, Canada

July 15, 2011 Posted by | . | , , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment

Edmunston NB – International Ferry (ca 1907)

This is a turn-of-the-20th century postcard depicting the International Ferry at Edmunston, N.B.

It’s part of my small cluster of postcards built around the theme of historical ferries.

Here is the ferry boat enlarged so you can take a closer look at the technology. Read more »

March 4, 2011 Posted by | . | , , , , , , , | Leave a Comment