Ferries upstream and downstream
Every so often mention is made on these pages of the ferries that doubtless plied their trade across the river at various points. These included at Datchet where a ferry gave way to a bridge, the well...
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Fred Thacker in his book The Thames Highway - Locks and Weirs provides information about what sort of ferry was installed. On page 345 he writes:The well remembered inn here was closed by the Duchess...
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A floating bridge? How did that work? Eleven feet wide - that's some width. A drawing or sketch might prove useful here just to give an example of what the construction looked like.
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Nothing special. Just a barge with a deck and rails either side and ropes (or chains) to drag it across the river. Chain ferries still exist. Cowes, Sandbanks and Torpoint spring to mind. Strictly...
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