ferries

Kawasaki, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers being ferried across the Rokugo River where others wait on the opposite shore at the Kawasaki station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More

Kaighn Avenue ferry terminal, Camden, New Jersey, of the South Camden ...

Identification based on 1913 postcard on www.dvrbs.com website. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: 1852. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Ma... More

Car ferry, Michigan Central, entering slip, Detroit River

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Car ferry, Transport, Detroit River

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. C-47 transport planes. These women mechanics at the Long B...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. C-47 transport planes. Wing installation engine and tuneup...

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"California Hornblower" at the ferry terminal, San Francisco, Californ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Ferries, boats and oil rigs all co-exist on Mobile Bay in Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Ferries, boats and oil rigs all co-exist on Mobile Bay in Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

A crowded double-deck ferry boat plying between New York and Jersey Ci...

Stereograph showing a rear view of the ferry boat "Newark" filled with passengers the at dock. Copyright 1904 by William H. Rau. No. 5619.

Menor's Ferry (Museum), Snake River, Moose, Teton County, WY

Menor's Ferry (Museum), Snake River, Moose, Teton County, WY

York Bridge, Federal Aid Secondary Route 280, Helena, Lewis and Clark ...

Significance: As a pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss structure, the bridge is not particularly significant for structural or engineering reasons. It is however, historically associated with the Helena Po... More

York Bridge, Federal Aid Secondary Route 280, Helena, Lewis and Clark ...

Significance: As a pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss structure, the bridge is not particularly significant for structural or engineering reasons. It is however, historically associated with the Helena Po... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson C...

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Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson C...

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Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson C...

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Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson C...

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Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson C...

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Whitehall Street Ferry Terminal, 11 South Street, New York, New York C...

Significance: The municipal Ferry pier is the last remaining ferry terminal on the East River and shows the expression of the beaux arts style in structural steel. Survey number: HAER NY-90 Building/structure... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Niantic Bridge, Spanning Nian...

Significance: The Niantic Bridge is a through girder bridge and consists of a movable span and four approach spans on stone masonry piers. The movable span is a chain-driven Scherzer rolling lift bascule span ... More

Yoroi-no watashi koami-chō - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows a boat ferrying people across a channel while another boat is rowed by a man and several boats in the background are laden with goods; a woman stands along the waterfront. Title and other d... More

Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin F...

Significance: The bridge was built by The Union Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon. It is a cantilever deck truss that rises 550 feet above the height of the River. At the time of construction it was reported... More

Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin F...

Significance: The bridge was built by The Union Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon. It is a cantilever deck truss that rises 550 feet above the height of the River. At the time of construction it was reported... More

Ferry TICONDEROGA, Route 7, Shelburne, Chittenden County, VT

Significance: TICONDEROGA, considered to be the only extant unmodified vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but vanished from American waters. One of only two remain... More

Ferry TICONDEROGA, Route 7, Shelburne, Chittenden County, VT

Significance: TICONDEROGA, considered to be the only extant unmodified vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but vanished from American waters. One of only two remain... More

Ferry TICONDEROGA, Route 7, Shelburne, Chittenden County, VT

Significance: TICONDEROGA, considered to be the only extant unmodified vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but vanished from American waters. One of only two remain... More

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicin...

Significance: A presently rare example of an engine representing, in general, an important stage in steam engineering and, specifically, a form of engine once widely used for ferryboat propulsion. Unprocessed ... More

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicin...

Significance: A presently rare example of an engine representing, in general, an important stage in steam engineering and, specifically, a form of engine once widely used for ferryboat propulsion. Unprocessed ... More

Hoboken Piers Headhouse, River Street at Hudson River, Hoboken, Hudson...

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Hoboken Piers Headhouse, River Street at Hudson River, Hoboken, Hudson...

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Hoboken Piers Headhouse, River Street at Hudson River, Hoboken, Hudson...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bonner's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Kootenai River, Bonners Ferry, Boundar...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Skyline, New York from New Jersey, New York, N.Y.]

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New York from Jersey City - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Black Bridge, Spanning Gunnison River, Grand Junction, Mesa County, CO

Significance: It is significant as the longest and tallest Pratt roadway truss remaining in Colorado. It is exceeded in span length by only one other pinned truss in the survey, the Pennsylvania span of the Rif... More

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

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Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

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Central Railroad of New Jersey, Pier 19, Hudson River waterfront, Jers...

Significance: The pier and its attendant structures represent the last vestiges of the repair facility for the harbor craft of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, which developed its huge harborside transportat... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Pier 19, Hudson River waterfront, Jers...

Significance: The pier and its attendant structures represent the last vestiges of the repair facility for the harbor craft of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, which developed its huge harborside transportat... More

Southern Pacific Mole & Pier, Seventh Street, Oakland, Alameda County,...

Significance: Site first used in an organized transportation system as ferry landing in 1862, then called Oakland Point, though used as a landing since founding of Oakland in 1852. Became terminus of transconti... More

Southern Pacific Mole & Pier, Seventh Street, Oakland, Alameda County,...

Significance: Site first used in an organized transportation system as ferry landing in 1862, then called Oakland Point, though used as a landing since founding of Oakland in 1852. Became terminus of transconti... More

Southern Pacific Mole & Pier, Seventh Street, Oakland, Alameda County,...

Significance: Site first used in an organized transportation system as ferry landing in 1862, then called Oakland Point, though used as a landing since founding of Oakland in 1852. Became terminus of transconti... More

Erie Railway, Ferryboat Susquehanna, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Survey number: HAER NJ-23 Building/structure dates: 1864 Initial Construction

Ichi fuji ni taka san nasubi - Public domain drawing

Print shows five women, four men, and a child in a ferry; one man is poling the boat and one man is a porter seated at the back of the boat with baskets of eggplants, the women, child, and a man holding a falco... More

Ichi fuji ni taka san nasubi - Public domain drawing

Print shows five women, four men, and a child in a ferry; one man is poling the boat and one man is a porter seated at the back of the boat with baskets of eggplants, the women, child, and a man holding a falco... More

Niantic River Swing Bridge, Spanning Niantic River between East Lyme &...

Significance: The Niantic River Bridge has two spans: a fixed Pratt through truss and the swing span which resembles a Warren through truss with verticals. All members and all connections are riveted. Survey ... More

Massengill Bridge, Coal Creek Road, spanning Clinch River, Norris, And...

Significance: According to the bridge plaque, the bridge was erected in 1916 by the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company of Roanoke, Virginia. It was one of four bridges constructed through a bond issue by Anderson... More

Massengill Bridge, Coal Creek Road, spanning Clinch River, Norris, And...

Significance: According to the bridge plaque, the bridge was erected in 1916 by the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company of Roanoke, Virginia. It was one of four bridges constructed through a bond issue by Anderson... More

Pontoon bridge over the James River above Ft. Powhatan

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed below title: put in more boats ad libitum; evening effect misty; Inscribed upper left Atlanta 3 ports on a side. Sunset; rebel ram Atlanta. G... More

Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Rive...

Significance: Willamette River Bridge 5.1 is the south end part of a 4-3/4 mile-long network of railroad bridges, causeways, and cut system linking the mainlines north and south of Portland. The bridge is one ... More

Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Rive...

Significance: Willamette River Bridge 5.1 is the south end part of a 4-3/4 mile-long network of railroad bridges, causeways, and cut system linking the mainlines north and south of Portland. The bridge is one ... More

Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Rive...

Significance: Willamette River Bridge 5.1 is the south end part of a 4-3/4 mile-long network of railroad bridges, causeways, and cut system linking the mainlines north and south of Portland. The bridge is one ... More

Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Rive...

Significance: Willamette River Bridge 5.1 is the south end part of a 4-3/4 mile-long network of railroad bridges, causeways, and cut system linking the mainlines north and south of Portland. The bridge is one ... More

Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Rive...

Significance: Willamette River Bridge 5.1 is the south end part of a 4-3/4 mile-long network of railroad bridges, causeways, and cut system linking the mainlines north and south of Portland. The bridge is one ... More

Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Rive...

Significance: Willamette River Bridge 5.1 is the south end part of a 4-3/4 mile-long network of railroad bridges, causeways, and cut system linking the mainlines north and south of Portland. The bridge is one ... More

Lehigh Valley Railroad, Pier G, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Significance: Pier G was the last multistoried covered freight pier of heavy timber construction surviving on the Hudson River waterfront in Hudson County. It was among the last remains of the Lehigh Valley Ra... More

Lehigh Valley Railroad, Pier G, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Significance: Pier G was the last multistoried covered freight pier of heavy timber construction surviving on the Hudson River waterfront in Hudson County. It was among the last remains of the Lehigh Valley Ra... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Av...

Significance: The ferry slips, sheds, and concourses comprise the harborside element of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, which is a National Register site. The terminal is the la... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Av...

Significance: The ferry slips, sheds, and concourses comprise the harborside element of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, which is a National Register site. The terminal is the la... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Av...

Significance: The ferry slips, sheds, and concourses comprise the harborside element of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, which is a National Register site. The terminal is the la... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

Lenox Bridge, Spanning Obion River, Rural Road S8025, Lenox, Dyer Coun...

Significance: Believed to be the sole surviving hand-operated, swing span, pony Pratt through truss bridge within Tennessee. The bridge has retained its integrity of engineering design representative of transpo... More

Holyoke Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River, between Holyoke & South Ha...

Significance: The Holyoke Bridge is significant as one of Massachusetts' few known examples of the riveted lattice truss bridge, a type most commonly associated with railroad construction in the latter half of ... More

Holyoke Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River, between Holyoke & South Ha...

Significance: The Holyoke Bridge is significant as one of Massachusetts' few known examples of the riveted lattice truss bridge, a type most commonly associated with railroad construction in the latter half of ... More

Plan of Mr. Fitch's steam boat - Public domain image of a steam boat

Print shows broadside view of John Fitch's design for ferry boat with steam-driven oars. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or monthly miscellany,.... Philadelphia : Printed for T. Seddon, W. Spotswood, C. Cis... More

Niijuku no watashi, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the terminal at the Niijuku ferry, with large building on the left and sailboat on the river. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast' Perevoz cherez r: Syr Dar'iu u g. Chinaza

Illus. in: Turkestanskii al'bom, chast' ėtnograficheskaia, 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 1, p. 52.

Ferryboat, Detroit - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Car ferry, Transport, Detroit River

Locale in Detroit based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 05573. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Heading(s) in 610 field(s) unverified.

Cabin of ferry-boat "Burgen" - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Inland Navigation of the United States," Century, 38:363 (July 1889).

[Ferry at West Point, N.Y.] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tavern, pub, or small restaurant, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Konen Uehara - Yuki no watashiba - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two small boats moored among reeds on the edge of a river during a snow storm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: ful... More

Huron St. Street and ferry landing, Port Huron, Mich

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071411. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Sunset from the Battery, New York, N.Y.]

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Ferryboat "Middlesex" Hadlyme, Chester Ferry

Photograph shows two men and three boys standing on ferry anchored at dock. No. 363.

Str. Virginia, C. & O. (Chesapeake and Ohio) Line

Title from jacket. "G 2541" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033855. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Steamscow "Cinderella" and ferryboat "Cincinnati"

"The film, photographed from a camera positioned on a dock, shows a large steam scow passing the camera location; simultaneously, a large paddle-wheel ferryboat passes in the opposite direction. The weather was... More

Str. Detroit, Michigan Central Transfer, stern view from under

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Production. C-47 transport planes. Girl inspectors at the Long Beach, ...

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Production. C-47 transport planes. A long line of C-47 transport plane...

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Ferry boat at the John Eckels Ferry Landing in Sistersville, West Virg...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Ferry service across the Ohio River to Ohio had been in operation for more than 190 years when the Sistersville City Council named the... More

New York from Brooklyn - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-06192, 06191, 06190 or 06186, 06189, 06188, 06187. Brooklyn Bridge. Six negatives form one panorama with close variant of left center secti... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson C...

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Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson C...

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Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson C...

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Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson C...

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Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin F...

Significance: The bridge was built by The Union Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon. It is a cantilever deck truss that rises 550 feet above the height of the River. At the time of construction it was reported... More

Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin F...

Significance: The bridge was built by The Union Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon. It is a cantilever deck truss that rises 550 feet above the height of the River. At the time of construction it was reported... More

Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin F...

Significance: The bridge was built by The Union Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon. It is a cantilever deck truss that rises 550 feet above the height of the River. At the time of construction it was reported... More

Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin F...

Significance: The bridge was built by The Union Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon. It is a cantilever deck truss that rises 550 feet above the height of the River. At the time of construction it was reported... More

Ferry TICONDEROGA, Route 7, Shelburne, Chittenden County, VT

Significance: TICONDEROGA, considered to be the only extant unmodified vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but vanished from American waters. One of only two remain... More

Ferry TICONDEROGA, Route 7, Shelburne, Chittenden County, VT

Significance: TICONDEROGA, considered to be the only extant unmodified vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but vanished from American waters. One of only two remain... More

Ferry TICONDEROGA, Route 7, Shelburne, Chittenden County, VT

Significance: TICONDEROGA, considered to be the only extant unmodified vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but vanished from American waters. One of only two remain... More

Ferry TICONDEROGA, Route 7, Shelburne, Chittenden County, VT

Significance: TICONDEROGA, considered to be the only extant unmodified vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but vanished from American waters. One of only two remain... More

Ferry TICONDEROGA, Route 7, Shelburne, Chittenden County, VT

Significance: TICONDEROGA, considered to be the only extant unmodified vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but vanished from American waters. One of only two remain... More

Ferry TICONDEROGA, Route 7, Shelburne, Chittenden County, VT

Significance: TICONDEROGA, considered to be the only extant unmodified vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but vanished from American waters. One of only two remain... More