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Los Ebanos Ferry
Photos
US side with US border station
Photo taken by Richard Dale in February 2010
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BH Photo #156716
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
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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
The description and photos of this little ferry are an excellent glimpse into a ferry method that has nearly disappeared.