Photograph of Ferry Crossing River, Seavey Ferry, Thurston, Oregon, undated

Photograph

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Springfield History Museum

2012.026.105

2012.026.105

Name/Title

Photograph of Ferry Crossing River, Seavey Ferry, Thurston, Oregon, undated

Entry/Object ID

2012.026.105

Description

Photo of Ferry Crossing River, with 2 men, a Horse and Wagon. Interview with Marjory Colpitis of Thurston, Oregon, January,1980. The Seavey Ferry . "Oh, Yes, I remember the Ferry, They always Interested me, Probably , you think of a ferry boat that holds dozen of cars and hundreds of people, but these were just big, flat bottomed rigs, they had a cable across the river and then a block of this cable and another cable that ran down to the ferry boat and then another one that went on to a big drum , and by turning the big wheel n... you moved the head of the ferry up or down across one direction, and then you wound up the cable so that this end was up stream and then the force of the water took you back, It was run with no motors or anything, Strictly by current. Most of them are big enough to handle two carriages at one time. You drove the horses and wagons on this ferry, then, the current carried it across and they had a pulley on a cable across, and the current carried you across and you drove on to the other side, that was the way they got to this big farm. Seavey, Jim Seavey, North of Springfield, he had a ferry of his own, of course, he Hired Hundreds of people each year to pick hops. They all crossed on this ferry that he had down there.The Seavey Ferry, I rode that time and time again, When we were kids and we used to like to go and operate it and take people back and forth just for the fun of it." SIZES 8"X10 & 5X7"

Acquisition

Accession

2012.026

Source or Donor

Gary Barth

Acquisition Method

Gift

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 8" X10"& 5X7 & 6x9

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