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Davis Street Ferry
Description
Ferry appeared to carry both railroad cars and automobiles.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost ferry across the Mississippi River
- Location
- St. Louis County, Missouri, and St. Clair County, Illinois
- Status
- No longer exists
- History
- Lost ferry between South St. Louis County and East Carondelet, IL. Became obsolete when the Old JB Bridge opened in 1944.
- Design
- Ferry
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.53896, -90.25256 (decimal degrees)
38°32'20" N, 90°15'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/739462/4269195 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Webster Groves
- Inventory number
- BH 42974 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 5, 2011: Updated by Kim Harvey: possible GPS of the location
- July 4, 2009: Added by Kim Harvey
The Davis Street Ferry went from Carondelet in St. Louis City to East Carondelet, IL. St. Louis County was not part of the equation.