The Torpoint Ferry at the Torpoint slipway, Cornwall.
A port bow view of one of the Torpoint chain ferries at the Torpoint slipway with her bow ramp down. A line of motor cars are yet to disembark. The nearest motor car is registered WD7428. There were three ferries in service at the time, numbered 1, 2 and 3, and they were identical sisters. it is not known which of the three this is.
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Object details
| ID: | P37461 |
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| Type: | Negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Grierson, Alec R. |
| Vessels: | Torpoint Ferry (1925 or 1926) |
| Date made: | Aug 1936 |
| People: | Philip and Son Ltd |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 62 mm x 62 mm |