Chain Ferry news

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Name/Title

Chain Ferry news

Entry/Object ID

2024.01.07

Scope and Content

Scans of Commercial Record newspaper clippings about the chain ferry scows.

Context

1860s complaints about ferry safety, reports on maintenance, bids for services and general history of the chain ferry scow, the crafts previous to the current "Diane" ferry.

Collection

Newspapers, Nautical, Transportation: water

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2024.01

Source or Donor

Yoder, Chris

Acquisition Method

Donation, unconditional

Notes

These Commercial Record newspaper clippings — scanned by Chris Yoder in the 2000s — had been available on the pre-2023 SDHC website. The content has been moved to this online catalog for safekeeping. Publication dates are indicated in the year/month/day/page file name. For example "cr1938102801Description.jpg" = Commercial Record, 1938, October, 28th, page 01

Location

* Untyped Location

Digital data in CatalogIt

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Old Chain Ferry Scows c1836-1947

Create Date

January 26, 2024

Update Date

February 19, 2024