Farewell to the "Virgina C" the locally famous Woodland Ferry, which was retired on 1/1/08. The Woodland Ferry has been run by the Cannon Family from 1740 to 1883, when it was taken over by Sussex County. The State of Delaware took over in 1935 with a wooden 2 car ferry until 1961 when the "Virginia C", a three car ferry, went into service. The Virginia C made over 45,000 round trips annually and was worn out. A new 6 car ferry named after long time Seaford State Representative Tina Fallon, will be put into service in November, 2008. Note: the ferry ride is free and takes about 5 minutes. Learn more about it at: http://www.woodlandferry.net/.
Uncle Fred
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Woodland Ferry Retires
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