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A ferry slip is a specialized docking facility that receives a ferryboat or train ferry. A similar structure called a barge slip receives a barge or car float that is used to carry wheeled vehicles across a body of water.
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. In other cases, the ramp is installed at the ferry slip and is called a linkspan or apron. Such a ramp is adjustable to accommodate varying water heights and ferry loadings and to move it out of the way during approach and exit. If railcars are carried by the ferry the apron will have tracks for them.
In some parts of the world, the structures are also known as linkspans and transfer bridges.
Similar structures are used to receive barges, particularly if the barge is for the carriage of railcars.
In the example shown below, a tugboat was positioned on the left side of the barge (our right in the apron view), pulling it with a stout rope called a springline. Nearly identical structures were used around San Francisco Bay. 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.
A ferry (or ferryboat) is a boat or ship (a merchant vessel) used to carry (or ferry) primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi.
Ferries form a part of the public transport systems of many waterside cities and islands, allowing direct transit between points at a capital cost much lower than bridges or tunnels. However, ship connections of much larger distances (such as over long distances in water bodies like the Mediterranean Sea) may also be called ferry services, especially if they carry vehicles.
The profession of the ferryman is embodied in Greek mythology in Charon, the boatman who transported souls across the River Styx to the Underworld.
Speculation that a pair of oxen propelled a ship having a water wheel can be found in 4th century Roman literature "Anonymus De Rebus Bellicis". Though impractical, there is no reason why it could not work and such a ferry, modified by using horses, was used in Lake Champlain in 19th-century America. See "When Horses Walked on Water: Horse-Powered Ferries in Nineteenth-Century America" (Smithsonian Institution Press; Kevin Crisman, co-authored with Arthur Cohn, Executive Director of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum). See Experiment (horse powered boat).
Katie, Brennan and Ryan are at the beach with Ellie. They put a Slip 'n Slide on the dock and do gymnastics tricks on the ferry boat. Katie is a gymnast, sister, friend, swimmer, coral girl and YouTuber who loves pigs. See her hilarious adventures as she lives an awesome 11 year old life in gymnastics and with her brothers, family and friends! We welcome a friendly, fun and entertaining YouTube community ! Please feel free to share your friendly and constructive comments :-) Royalty free music from Pond 5 and Audio Micro.
High tide & very strong winds sends waves of water up the lower ferry slip in Dartmouth in the UK during horrible weather in February 2014
THIS COACH GOT STUCK ON THE HIGHER FERRY SLIP ROAD AND IT TOOK 35min TO REMOVE IT
Whitehouse ferry Slip in Fowey Cornwall
The Virtual Tourist walks long the Espanade to Whitehouse Ferry Slip in Fowey Cornwall
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Katie, Brennan and Ryan are at the beach with Ellie. They put a Slip 'n Slide on the dock and do gymnastics tricks on the ferry boat. Katie is a gymnast, sister, friend, swimmer, coral girl and YouTuber who loves pigs. See her hilarious adventures as she lives an awesome 11 year old life in gymnastics and with her brothers, family and friends! We welcome a friendly, fun and entertaining YouTube community ! Please feel free to share your friendly and constructive comments :-) Royalty free music from Pond 5 and Audio Micro.
High tide & very strong winds sends waves of water up the lower ferry slip in Dartmouth in the UK during horrible weather in February 2014
THIS COACH GOT STUCK ON THE HIGHER FERRY SLIP ROAD AND IT TOOK 35min TO REMOVE IT
Whitehouse ferry Slip in Fowey Cornwall
The Virtual Tourist walks long the Espanade to Whitehouse Ferry Slip in Fowey Cornwall
"The public toilets are the window on our community. A community that cares about it's public toilets sends out a strong message about the type of community it is." Toodle LOO the noo!
NKP 765 Ferry move seen at Geneva, OH and spinning drivers in Ashtabula, OH.
A train ferry is a ship (ferry) designed to carry railway vehicles. Typically, one level of the ship is fitted with railway tracks, and the vessel has a door at the front and/or rear to give access to the wharves. In the United States, train ferries are sometimes referred to as "car ferries", as distinguished from "auto ferries" used to transport automobiles. The wharf (sometimes called a "slip") has a ramp, and a linkspan or "apron", balanced by weights, that connects the railway proper to the ship, allowing for the water level to rise and fall with the tides. While railway vehicles can be and are shipped on the decks or in the holds of ordinary ships, purpose-built train ferries can be quickly loaded and unloaded by roll-on/roll-off, especially as several vehicles can be loaded or unloa...
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