Saturday, December 29, 2007
Woodland Ferry
As Elbert pointed out the last days of the "Virginia C." ferry at Woodland Ferry are here. Monday is the last day it will be used. Now like a number of people I gave up trying to use the ferry a while back. It was either out of order or the tide was low and about everything scraped off the bottom of your car when you drove off of it. The question I have however, is why would you remove a ferry and not have another one ready to take it's place. The new one is being built at Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Salisbury Maryland but it won't be ready for another eleven months, not until November. Not that anyone believes that completion date will actually occur on time. Another example of DelDot planning ability.
The ferry has been there since the 1700's. It was originally known as Cannon's Ferry (not to be confused with the Cannon ferry in Chowan County, N.C.). It's history is interweaved with Patty Cannon. A wooden ferry was used until 1961, when the Virginia C started operation. I can remember crossing on the wooden one, as I remember it it was more like a raft than the current "Virginia C.".
The "Virginia C" was named for the wife of former state highway commissioner Dallas Culver. The ferry was purchased by the state in January 1961 for $47,543. It had ungone a $200,000 retooling in 1989.
The Virginia C. is like an old person who is retiring from a company, everyone says "Oh, what a shame he has been here so long, we are really going miss him", but what they are thinking is "It is about time that old fart left he has screwed up more than what he has successfully completed for the last ten years".
The ferry has been there since the 1700's. It was originally known as Cannon's Ferry (not to be confused with the Cannon ferry in Chowan County, N.C.). It's history is interweaved with Patty Cannon. A wooden ferry was used until 1961, when the Virginia C started operation. I can remember crossing on the wooden one, as I remember it it was more like a raft than the current "Virginia C.".
The "Virginia C" was named for the wife of former state highway commissioner Dallas Culver. The ferry was purchased by the state in January 1961 for $47,543. It had ungone a $200,000 retooling in 1989.
The Virginia C. is like an old person who is retiring from a company, everyone says "Oh, what a shame he has been here so long, we are really going miss him", but what they are thinking is "It is about time that old fart left he has screwed up more than what he has successfully completed for the last ten years".
# posted by Howard @ 10:47 AM 
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Hi Howard... The ferry could be ready for delivery quickly. The site work, new docks, grading and preparations for the new ferry is what will take several months.
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