| Since antiquity, man has encountered
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| | ferries are still in use worldwide.
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| streams and rivers barring his path and
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| | Sail power was also used. When the steam
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| has found ways to cross them. Some of the
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| | engine was invented, it was also pressed
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| time, with time, manpower, and material
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| | into service, and the first steam ferry
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| available, he was able to build bridges.
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| | began shuttling passengers between New
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| If it wasn't possible to make them for
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| | York City and Hoboken in 1811. By the end
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| whatever reason, he found other means of
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| | of the nineteenth century,
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| surmounting the obstacle. Sometimes, it
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| | propeller-powered ships were replacing
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| meant a long detour to skirt or avoid the
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| | paddle steamers. Waterscrews were easier
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| water or to find a suitable fording
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| | to operate and maintain.
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| place. Other times it meant using
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| | Because of the limitations inherent in
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| watercraft to take him from one bank to
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| | the reciprocating steam engine, the
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| the other. Without the use of ferries, it
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| | turbine gradually replaced it. It was
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| would've been much harder to get from one
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| | during and after World War II that the
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| place to another - even to the afterlife,
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| | steam turbine's eventual replacement, the
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| as the legend of the Underworld ferryman
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| | oil-fired engine, was developed to
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| Charon and the river Styx tells us.
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| | maturity, becoming so successful that by
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| Throughout history, many types of
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| | 1960 no more steam-driven ships were
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| watercraft have been used to ferry people
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| | being built. Oil-powered engines
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| from one place to another. These ranges
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| | eliminated the heat losses all steam
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| from the coracle, an ancient circular
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| | engines have and are able to burn
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| boat which is still used in some parts of
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| | cheaper, lower-quality fuel. Because of
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| the world, to huge double-hulled
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| | rising fuel costs and environmental
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| catamarans, mechanical marvels which
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| | concerns, today's ferry designers are
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| displace more than 70,000 metric tons
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| | looking to alternative power sources to
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| which are able to take on board thousands
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| | drive tomorrow's ships such as hybrid
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| of passengers and their vehicles and
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| | engines, wind, and solar energy.
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| travel for hundreds of miles in speed,
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| | Types of Ferries
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| comfort, and safety. With the development
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| | There are several main types of ferry.
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| of aviation and the rise of fuel prices,
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| | Water taxis and buses ply carry
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| the age of the fast transoceanic liners
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| | passengers over short routes, such as in
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| is long gone, but the shorter-range ferry
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| | harbors like Hong Kong, Sydney, Bristol,
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| is still a very important mode of
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| | Osaka; and Roll-On Roll-Off ferries, or
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| transportation throughout the world,
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| | ROROs, are so called because they have a
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| whether it be across a river in India or
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| | car deck and ramps which open and enable
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| from across a sea, from one country to
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| | vehicles to simply drive onto and off
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| another. For example, in Sydney,
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| | them. Double-ended ferries are a
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| Australia, the inter-harbor ferries carry
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| | variation on this, with identical bow and
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| some 18 million passengers every year.
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| | stern sections which free the ferry from
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| Ferry Power
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| | needing to turn around after docking.
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| The level of available technology has
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| | Hydrofoils, hovercraft, and catamarans
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| always dictated what sources of motive
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| | are also used as ferries because of the
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| power were used in ferries. The first
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| | high speeds they are capable of reaching.
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| ferries used either muscle power in the
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| | Cruiseferries are large ships combining
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| form of a rower or punter or were pulled
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| | features present on cruise ships and car
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| across a short distance by a rope or
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| | transporters.
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| chain. Many of these cable or free
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