Looking ENE (upstream) from Augusta, Kentucky.
Pickup truck is driving down ramp to Augusta Ferry.
This ferry is said to have been in continuous operation since 1797.
It connects Kentucky Highway 8 with U.S. Highway 52 (in Brown County, Ohio).
The charge for vehicles is $5 one-way (as of 2016), and pedestrians can ride free as long as there is a paying vehicle aboard.
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Ohio River mile 427.
Augusta, Kentucky (in Bracken County).
Mar. 1988.
file # 88c161.
35 mm Kodachrome.
Plustek OpticFilm 7600i.
Siverfast 8.
Picture Window 6.
Tags: river Ohio River Kentucky Augusta ferry Augusta Ferry transportation
Looking NE from Augusta, Kentucky.
Augusta Ferry, with pickup truck aboard, waits for towboat "Donna York" to pass downbound with a coal tow.
The name board on the ferry reads "Ole Augusta".
This ferry is said to have been in continuous operation since 1797.
It connects Kentucky Highway 8 with U.S. Highway 52 (in Brown County, Ohio).
The charge for vehicles is $5 one-way (as of 2016), and pedestrians can ride free as long as there is a paying vehicle aboard.
.
Ohio River mile 427.
Augusta, Kentucky (in Bracken County).
Mar. 1988.
file # 88c162.
35 mm Kodachrome.
Plustek OpticFilm 7600i.
Siverfast 8.
Picture Window 6.
Tags: river Ohio River Kentucky Augusta ferry Augusta Ferry transportation towboat Ole Augusta
Looking N from Augusta, Kentucky.
Augusta Ferry enroute to its Ohio landing (visible beyond the ferry).
Name board on ferry reads "Ole Augusta".
This ferry is said to have been in continuous operation since 1797.
It connects Kentucky Highway 8 with U.S. Highway 52 (in Brown County, Ohio).
The charge for vehicles is $5 one-way (as of 2016), and pedestrians can ride free as long as there is a paying vehicle aboard.
.
Ohio River mile 427.
Augusta, Kentucky (in Bracken County).
Mar. 1988.
file # 88c169.
35 mm Kodachrome.
Plustek OpticFilm 7600i.
Siverfast 8.
Picture Window 6.
Tags: river Ohio River Kentucky Augusta ferry Augusta Ferry transportation Ole Augusta