The Woolston Floating Bridge crossing the River Itchen shortly before it was taken out of service, seen from the Itchen Bridge, the concrete structure that replaced itThe Woolston Floating Bridge embarking passengers on the Southampton side of the River Itchen on its last day of service (11 June 1977)
The Woolston Floating Bridge was a cable ferry that crossed the River Itchen in England between hards at Woolston and Southampton from 23 November 1836[1][2] until 11 June 1977.[3] It was taken out of service after the new Itchen Bridge was opened.
Initially there was one ferry, built and owned by the Floating Bridge Company, increased to two operating side by side in 1881. In 1934 the company was sold to Southampton Corporation.[4]
In the 1970s two diesel ferries operated side by side during the day with a single ferry late in the evening. There was a bus terminus at both hards on either side of the crossing, connecting foot passengers with the centre of Southampton and the city's south eastern suburbs. A maintenance slipway and cradle were built to the North of the Woolston hard to enable the ferries (or "Bridges") to be hauled out of the water. The third (or spare) diesel ferry was often to be found moored off the wires on the Southampton side of the river to the North of the hard in later years.[5]
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concerns on the effects it would have on navigation. Instead the WoolstonFloatingBridge was built which opened in 1836. In 1926, in the context of the...
the HM-2, was used by Red Funnel between Southampton (near the WoolstonFloatingBridge) and Cowes. The world's first car-carrying hovercraft was made...
Northam Bridge company responded to the opening of the WoolstonFloatingBridge by reducing their tolls by three quarters. The wooden Northam Bridge was replaced...
Saltash across the Tamar, and between Woolston and Southampton across the Itchen. The WoolstonFloatingBridge switched from chains to wire ropes between...
Crosshouse Road next to the WoolstonFloatingBridge ramp; the site is currently under the western end of the Itchen Bridge. During the winter of 1971–72...
South Hants Hospital is formed. 1836 The WoolstonFloatingBridge (Ferry) connects Southampton to Woolston and Portsmouth on the east bank of the River...
ferry" was also used to describe the FloatingBridge when it was introduced in 1836, to meet greater demand as Woolston expanded and became busier with the...
being floatingbridge number 10, launched in 1928. The floatingbridge was opened in 1836 and connected Southampton to Woolston At that time Woolston was...
England. It is located between the districts of Bitterne, Thornhill and Woolston. Various explanations from where the name derives but the most popular...
chain ferry was introduced, to a design similar to that already in use at Woolston. The chain ferry ceased operation in 1959. Upon the takeover in 1963, the...
the River Itchen by the lords of the manors of Woolston and Southampton. Lords of the manor of Woolston were paid in cash. Lords of the manor of Southampton...
Weaver Sluices, accessed by boat, this task is performed by a floating crane. Woolston Siphon Weir, built in 1994 to replace an earlier structure and...
network, with routes going to many places over the City, including the FloatingBridge, Royal Pier, and Millbrook Road. In the earlier days buses were stored...
contentious locally. The Itchen Bridge is a road bridge that charges tolls, connecting the docks area with Woolston. It spans 2,625 ft (800 m) and the...
In 1839, another new road was built to provide access to the FloatingBridge at Woolston. This new road cut through the centre of Botley Common, opening...
Admiralty. In 1868 the company took over the Cowes FloatingBridge Company and operated the floatingbridge until 1901. In 1885 the company bought the New...
three-inch gun. Machine guns were mounted in twin mounts on either side of the bridge. The nearest Kriegsmarine parallel to these was the R-301 class of R boats...
13 dry dock (having relocated there from the old Thornycroft Yard in Woolston, Southampton). Modular construction of warships took place in an interlinked...
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