Ferry staging in the 50's

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10/02/2018 at 19:17 • Filed to: None

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There’s a local historical photos page I follow on Facebook. Every so often they post something with cars in it. It’s pretty cool.

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Kinja'd!!! ranwhenparked > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
10/02/2018 at 20:09

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This was the era when prewar ferries were struggling with the increasing width of cars, forcing some significant capacity reductions, depending on the vessel. 


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10/02/2018 at 20:24

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Kinja'd!!! If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > ranwhenparked
10/02/2018 at 20:25

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On closer inspection this pic may be from the eary 60's. The ferry on the left was launched in 1950 (and served until 2005!) but the o ne on the right on seems to match the MV Uncatena, which was built in ‘65. The side-loading prewar boats would have been nearly or completely phased out by then and replaced with modern RO/RO designs.