Saltash Corporation, Ferry Service
Other Business Names:
- Saltash Corporation
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Saltash, Cornwall, Cornwall, South West, England
Sectors:
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Transport services
Ferry services, rivers & harbours
Notes:
The ferry service across the River Tamar had ancient origins. Reckoned to be the most important ferry service in the West Country, linking Devon and Cornwall. Owned and operated by Saltash Corporation with a brief interval in the 1830s when the ferry rights were sold to a group of local entrepreneurs who established a 'steam powered floating bridge'. Closed 1961
Publications:
- Ancient Ferry at Saltash by Vosper, Douglas C
- Saltash Ferry by Hunt, Bruce E
- Saltash Passage by Tait, Douglas
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Saltash Corporation
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Saltash, Cornwall, Cornwall, South West, England
Sectors:
- Transport services Ferry services, rivers & harbours
Notes:
The ferry service across the River Tamar had ancient origins. Reckoned to be the most important ferry service in the West Country, linking Devon and Cornwall. Owned and operated by Saltash Corporation with a brief interval in the 1830s when the ferry rights were sold to a group of local entrepreneurs who established a 'steam powered floating bridge'. Closed 1961Publications:
- Ancient Ferry at Saltash by Vosper, Douglas C
- Saltash Ferry by Hunt, Bruce E
- Saltash Passage by Tait, Douglas