Los Ebanos Ferry

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US side with US border station

Photo taken by Richard Dale in February 2010

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Description

The Los Ebanos Ferry, formally known as the Los Ebanos-Diaz Ordaz Ferry, is a hand-operated cable ferry that travels across the Rio Grande between Los Ebanos, Texas and Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Tamaulipas. It is the last of its kind along the entire stretch of the Rio Grande. The city of Los Ebanos was named after the Texas Ebony (Ebenopsis ebano) that anchors the ferry

Facts

Overview: Ferry across Rio Grande River
Location: Hidalgo County, Texas
Status: Open to traffic
History: Open 1950 currently in use
Design: Last hand pulled ferry in the United States which crosses into Mexico
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +26.23932, -98.56510 (decimal degrees)
26°14'22" N, 98°33'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/543435/2902260 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Los Ebanos
Inventory number: BH 44295 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

August 1, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
March 1, 2010: Added by Richard Dale

Sources

Richard Dale
Dana and Kay Klein

Comments

Los Ebano's Ferry

Posted February 26, 2011, by Craig Philpott (cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu)

The description and photos of this little ferry are an excellent glimpse into a ferry method that has nearly disappeared.