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Valley View Ferry
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Taken 19 Feb. 2008, Posted in public domain on Wikipedia.
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Video
Valley View Ferry Package Story about the oldest running business in Kentucky Video link posted by Ed Hollowell |
Description
Ferry operates daylight hours only. Company was purchased by counties of Jessamine, Madison and Fayette in 1991 and is free of charge.Facts
- Overview
- Ferry across Kentucky River on KY 39
- Location
- Jessamine County, Kentucky, and Madison County, Kentucky
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Ferry Started 1785 by John Craig under charter from the Virgina Legislature. Oldest business in Kentucky.
- Builder
- - John Craig
- Design
- Ferry
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.76950, -84.52538 (decimal degrees)
37°46'10" N, 84°31'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/717959/4183124 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Little Hickman
- Inventory number
- BH 45441 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 2, 2010: Updated by D. Thomsen: Typos in history.
- June 2, 2010: New video from Ed Hollowell
- June 1, 2010: Updated by Ed Hollowell: Enlarged description.
Sources
- Ed Hollowell - erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com
- The Kentucky River By William E. Ellis
- D. Thomsen - dcthomsen [at] comcast [dot] net
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