The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway : a history of the company and line ; volume 6, the Gravesend Ferry /by Peter Kay.

"Work on the history of the ferry was started at the very beginning of the LT&SR project in 1993. It is to be regrettedt however that no work was done on staff and user recollections in the 1990s something that has now almost ceased to tbe possible, at least so far as the ferry's heyday is concerned. On the other hand, if the account had been published in the 1990s it would have been less full and accurate in other ways, so great is the amount of material now accessible via online sources. This volume is intended to be taken in combination with Vol. 5 on Tilbury, however for the benefit of those who interest is 'maritime' or 'Gravesend' only, rather than 'railway', soem effort has been made to include a little background railway history here to make Vol. 6 intelligible on its own. [...] Seeral aspects of the ferry are covered here for the first time, notably: - the Gravesend politics of the 1850s which had so much influence on the way in which the LT&SR was able to take over the ferry - the origins of the West Street site - the LT&SR's use of the Terrace Pier - the true facts about the early railway ferry boats - the long process of debate from 1949 to 1960 on what was to be done about the ferry."--Provided by the publisher.