Cable Ferry

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Bullard's Ferry (Coos County, Oregon)
Lost Ferry across Coquille river
No longer exists

Camden-Gee's Bend Cable Ferry (Wilcox County, Alabama)
Lost Ferry across Majors Creek
Replaced by a new ferry

Elwell Cable Ferry (Bladen County, North Carolina)
Built 1905
Ferry across Cape Fear River on Elwell Ferry Road
Open to traffic

Hatton Ferry (Albemarle County, Virginia)
Built ca. 1870
Ferry across James River
Open to traffic

Los Ebanos Ferry (Hidalgo County, Texas)
Open 1950 currently in use
Ferry across Rio Grande River
Open to traffic

Merrimac Ferry (Columbia County, Wisconsin)
Privately owned fee ferry from 1844 to 1923; operated by Columbia and Sauk Counties as fee ferry 1923-1933; operated by State of Wisconsin since 1933 as a free ferry
Cable ferry across Wisconsin River on Wis 113
Open to traffic 24/7 in summer; closed in winter

olds ferry (Baker County, Oregon)
established 1859 by J.P. Olds
Lost Ferry across snake river
No longer exists

Saugatuck Chain Ferry (Allegan County, Michigan)
1838
Ferry across Kalamazoo River on Pedestrians
Open to pedestrians only