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Valley View Ferry
Photos
Valley View Ferry.jpg
Taken 19 Feb. 2008, Posted in public domain on Wikipedia.
Photo taken by Kafka Liz
View this photo at upload.wikimedia.org
BH Photo #166951
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
- +37.84768, -84.43620 (decimal degrees)
37°50'52" N, 84°26'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/725578/4192012 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Valley View
- Inventory number
- BH 45441 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 20, 2017: New Street View added by Luke
- November 8, 2013: New photos from Joe Virruso
- 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
- Joe Virruso - virrusofamily [at] att [dot] net
- Luke
Comments
Valley View Ferry
The ferry is still in operation. It may have been closed due to high water or maintenance of some sort.
I say that because it's been mentioned on the news recently. It will be closed for "a while" due to a police investigation (a car with human bones was recently pulled out of the river near there).
Valley View Ferry
I think this ferry is no longer in service. Two years ago I went to the Acre's of Wine. They told me It was no longer in service.
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The ferry is operational; however, response to the previous post... there was a brief period the ferry was not in operation due to compliance to coast guard regulation; the ferry boat captain retired I believe and their is not an abundance of ferry boat captains within the tricounty area.
The ferry is a wonderful scenic commute any day.