The Lower Thames covers an area from Colne Brook, Staines, to Yantlet Creek in north Kent. With the cost of bridging the river being so huge, and the engineering difficulties so difficult to overcome, many crossings of the river were by ferry, even until quite recent times. Some, such as at Woolwich and Gravesend-Tilbury still are, although many bridges and tunnels have been built in the past few hundred years. Joan Tucker tells the stories of the many ferries which once criss-crossed the river.
We tend to associate the more recent ferries with the Thames but the legacy of the ferries now replaced by bridges include such names as Ferry Road in Richmond and slipways which now serve pleasure boats in various boroughs alongside the Thames.
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| Publication: |
April 2010 |
Extent: |
224 pages |
| Availability: |
In stock |
Images Mono: |
200 |
| Format: |
248 x 172 mm |
Images Colour: |
30 |
| Binding: |
Paperback |
