Type of ship travelling over short to medium distances between two places transporting people, cars or trains and acting like a replacement for a bridge

concept

The Last Judgment: sinners in hell are tortured by monstrous devils as a ferry carries new arrivals to the same fate. Line engraving by Petrus de Jode the elder, 1615, after Jean Cousin the younger.

Panorama of the river Thames and the buildings of the City, looking northwards beside London Bridge. Engraving by S. and N. Buck, 1749.

A steamer designed to carry a train across the English Channel. Wood engraving.

Two men in a ferry on a stormy crossing: a passenger and the ferryman discuss at cross purposes the danger of drowning. Etching, 1803.

London: the river Thames and the buildings of the City, looking northwards beside London Bridge. Coloured engraving, 1730, after J. Kip.

Designs by John Fowler for a steam ship carrying rail traffic across the English Channel. Wood engraving, 1870.

The fugitive holy family board a barge across a river. Etching by J.B. Corneille after Annibale Carracci or D. Zampiere, il Domenichino.

Civil engineering: the Mersey Ferry landing stage (top), and the pier at Lytham (below). Wood engraving after [H.R.].

A ferry carrying people and game across a Scottish loch. Lithograph after Jacob Thompson, 18--.

River Awash, Ethiopia: people pulling a raft across the river. Coloured lithograph by A. Löffler after J.M. Bernatz.

Italy: a ferry carries a horse across a river. Etching by M. Ricci.

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Ferries

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The Last Judgment: sinners in hell are tortured by monstrous devils as a ferry carries new arrivals to the same fate. Line engraving by Petrus de Jode the elder, 1615, after Jean Cousin the younger.

A ferry carrying people and game across a Scottish loch. Lithograph after Jacob Thompson, 18--.

River Awash, Ethiopia: people pulling a raft across the river. Coloured lithograph by A. Löffler after J.M. Bernatz.

Italy: a ferry carries a horse across a river. Etching by M. Ricci.

Designs by John Fowler for a steam ship carrying rail traffic across the English Channel. Wood engraving, 1870.