Title:
Rail ferries on the Thames
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Rail Ferries on the Thames River
Object ID:
Scr-026-103
Object Name:
scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
New London Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT.
Pubication Date:
01/30/1986
Collection:
Indian and Colonial scrapbook
Summary:
Rail Ferries on the Thames were used to ferry railroad cars across the Thames river in order to allow the shore line trains to continue its run from New York to Boston. Before the rail Ferries were built, passengers would have to transfer to a passenger ferry and then transfer to a train on the other side of the Thames. When the railroad bridge was opoened in 1889, the railroad ferries passed into history .
People:
Eldredge, Capt.George H.