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CTMQ > Ferries

Southernmost Point in Connecticut

August 8, 2013 by Steve 7 Comments

Then Things Really Went South Great Captain's Island, Greenwich August 4, 2012 [This directional extreme was visited in Dagobah-like humidity during the Connecticut Extreme Geo-Tour 2012 with the most excellent Tom from Twelve-Mile Circle and the equally excellent Scott from The Scenic Drive. The were the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, Superlatives Tagged With: Fairfield County, Ferries, Geographic Extremes, Greenwich, Islands, Lighthouses, Long Island Sound

Bissell’s Ferry

December 2, 2009 by Steve 27 Comments

Bissell’s Really Cleans Up My Ferry List Bissell's Ferry Site, Windsor/South Windsor "Site of the Oldest Ferry in the US" Most Nutmeggers know about the oldest continuously operating ferry in the US that connects Rocky Hill and Glastonbury. About half of them probably know about the other old ferry – the second … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Ferries, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hartford County, South Windsor, Windsor

Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries

November 29, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Civil Engineering I don’t think I need to write an explanatory intro for this page. It is exactly what it says it is. And it's awesome. Jump down to: Observation Towers and Views Bridges, Covered and Otherwise Forts, Canals, Dams, Levees, & Fishways Highways, Roads & Tunnels Airports & Ferries … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: airports, Aviation, Canals and Dams, Cool Bridges, Covered Bridges, ET Signs, Ferries, Fishways & Lifts & Ladders, Observation Towers, Roads and Tunnels, Vanity Plates

Chester-Hadlyme Ferry

July 14, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

Such Fun to be Had(lyme)! Chester-Hadlyme Ferry June 14, 2008 Who doesn’t love ferries? It’s funny that I have pages for this quaint little riverine one as well as the quainter and littler riverine one up north, but we all ignore the monster ferries that dock along the Sound to take people to Nantucket and Long … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Chester, Ferries, Lyme, Middlesex County, New London County

Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry

July 14, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

Old Ferries Never Die... Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry June 14, 2008 Oof. This page is OLD and therefore the pictures are, shall we say, not good. Oh well... good story though. This is one of those Connecticut things that everyone should know about. I'd heard rumors about this ferry on the dingy back streets … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Ferries, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Rocky Hill

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