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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 26 > Last pole-driven ferry may close in Virginia

Last pole-driven ferry may close in Virginia


June 26, 2009

SCOTTSVILLE, Va. — For more than 130 years, ferrymen have jammed poles into the James River’s gravelly shallows to push the Hatton Ferry slowly across to other side.

The unique calling now may be days from extinction: America’s last known hand-poled ferry is a....

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