Record Details
Photograph of Cottonwood Aerial Ferry, 1930-1935
UNLV Digital Collections
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Photograph of Cottonwood Aerial Ferry, 1930-1935 |
| Description | Cottonwood Aerial Ferry carried customers between Searchlight, Nevada and Chloride, Arizona. It is now under Lake Mohave. Sign with ferry rates: Car $2.00, Truck $2.50, Motorcycle $1.00, Horseman .50, Stock .50, Pedestrian .25 Transcribed from photo sleeve: "Cottonwood Aerial Ferry, from about 1930-1935. This was the last and the most unusual of several ferries that crossed at Cottonwood between Searchlight, Nev. and Chloride, Ariz., these being the two major towns in the area before 1920. Most were conventional barge types similar to the Arivada Ferry shown in another picture. The aerial ferry was powered by an automobile engine mounted on the upper framework, with the operator up with the engine. It was located... |
| Source | 0126:0007 Pat Emery Collection; |
| Date | 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935 |
| Coverage | Cottonwood Valley; Colorado River; Mohave, Lake Searchlight; Chloride; Clark; Mohave; Arizona; Nevada; United States; |
| Subject | Ferries; Men; North America--Colorado River; Nevada--Searchlight; Mountains; Deserts; Rivers; Signs and signboards; |
| Type | Still Image; |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | This material may be protected by copyright. Personal, including educational and academic, use of this material is without restriction but acknowledgement of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University Libraries is requested whether the use is oral, web or in print. Commercial use of any portion of this material requires permission from the University Libraries. For further information please contact Digital Collections: http://digital.library.unlv.edu/contact |
| Format | image/tiff 10.00 x 8.07 inches |
| Publisher | University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries |
| Identifier | http://digital.library.unlv.edu:81/u?/hln,86 |
