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ry uses the power of the river to tack across the current the powered cable ferry uses engines or electric motors e g the canby ferry in the u s state of oregon to wind itself across or is hand operated such as the stratford upon avon chain ferry in the uk and the saugatuck chain ferry in saugatuck michigan united states powered cable ferries use powered wheels or drums on board the vessel to pull itself along by the cables the chains or wire ropes can be used with a sufficient amount of slack to allow sinking below the surface as the ferry moves away allowing other vessels to pass without becoming snared or trapped chain ferries in strong tidal currents use two chains those in inland rivers often only one chain on the upstream side some cable ferries use a wire rope on the upstream side in order to hold the position and a chain on the downstream side for propulsion a special type are electrically powered overhead cable ferries like straussee ferry which have an onboard propulsion unit and can float free but are connected to the overhead wire for the power supply using an electrical cable that slides along the cable as the ferry moves a very rare type are cable ferries that are not propelled by themselves but rather are pulled from land side an example of such a cable ferry was the kungälv fästningsholmen ferry in sweden 7 8 today the jonen ferry in the netherlands is pulled by a winch on the banks these cable ferries can be operated electrically without having to provide electricity by rechargeable batteries or an overhead wire saving the weight of the engine on board these ferries can also be operated using less energy two or more ferries can be provided in order to increase availability and capacity and as a backup during maintenance as with the torpoint ferry ownership edit the earliest punts were privately owned by local landowners and charged a toll as governments started to build roads they started to build and operate punts as required private punts might be bought out or made to impose more standard tolls 9 energy requirements edit the energy needed for operating cable ferries is in general especially small as the crossing distances are mostly short the speeds low and there is almost no maneuvering whereas a free ferry is especially inefficient when starting off or moving slowly against a current or wind a cable ferry is more or less rigidly connected to the ground with side forces held by the cable s as the power to overcome the frictional drag of a displacement hull decreases with usually more than the third power of the speed even the smallest amount of power can effect movement with enough leverage or if suitably geared down the majority of the world s cable ferries are indeed manually propelled either with a crank turning a chain wheel or by pulling directly on a cable for example the saugatuck chain ferry taking up to 24 passengers is cranked by a single person at about 0 3 m s the former cable ferry at malgas in south africa even carried several cars pulled by a couple of men at a slow walking speed ferries of this size that were hand operated such as the reedham ferry have since been motorised in order to reduce the level of hard work and increase the speed for these and other ferries of up to 20 t or so displacement typical installed motor power in kilowatts ranges from single figures to low double figures for example the 22 meter 22 tonne pritzerbe ferry has 23 kw installed this allows comparison with free ferries the motor ferry luise on the wannsee near berlin of similar tonnage size and construction has 290 kw installed 10 with electric drive the installed power requirements are reduced further a very low power installation is in the chain ferry föri for up to 75 passengers it uses battery supplied twin electric motors the average power during continuous operation crossing two minutes and docking one minute is given as 3 kw in summer and 4 kw in winter with thin ice thus when moving 4 5 kw in summer and 6 kw in winter side forces from strong water currents or winds are held by the cables yet when moving introduce extra friction in these that can considerably exceed the water resistance also in deep water with heavy chains or long cables not lying on the ground large tension forces with corresponding friction are created the world s longest cable crossing nearly 2 km with the 750 t mv baynes sound connector uses three wire ropes pretensioned with 200 kn in spite of careful planning the expected large energy savings compared to the former free ferry are not realised also due to fouling and a speed of 8 5 knots 998 kw engine power is installed in the former 1099 t mv quinitsa it is 1416 kw with dependable water currents most cable ferries are or were reaction ferries powered by the current some of these are or were hybrid ferries with the cable passing through moveable pulleys or belaying points whose location sets the ferry s angle in order to set off manual work is required to initially pull the cable and also to maneuver as described in the referenced video 11 another hybrid seems to be the cable ferry at sendelingsdrift with adjustable tethers to a high wire rope and also two outboard motors effect on navigation edit possible forces and catenaries for a small cable ferry with chain or wire rope compared cables can hinder other navigation or pose a hazard whether a risk exists and to which degree depends on the situation nature of body of water and extent of shipping and on the type of cable s overhead wire ropes suspended over shipping height ropes suspended at operating level permanently or temporarily ropes held on the water surface by buoys cables suspended underwater permanently or temporarily ground cables normally resting on the bottom pulled to the surface near the ferry only the first type normally presents no risk for other vessels as evident in the 15 reaction ferries of this type in switzerland suspended cables near the water surface block navigation and are dangerous especially in strong currents and if difficult to see the ropes of reaction ferries attached to one shore and suspended by buoys block the river on one side of the crossing ferry and can be made highly visible the greatest risk comes from cables that are held underwater to a lesser degree than anticipated or are not visible at all suspended cables ferry to shore or to water bottom form catenaries of a shape entry angle and depth that depends on the cable weight and amount of tension chains are in general rather heavy and can function even with very steep catenaries going to the bottom within very short distances except very near the shore as they are also easy to see the risk to other navigation is usually minimal as is evident with the 6 or so chain ferries in southern england operating in waters with heavy shipping in strong water currents the catenaries become more stretched and chain collisions have occurred wire ropes are lighter than chains of the same strength and may be operated under strong tension both giving rise to shallow catenaries which may be difficult to judge or even see some cable ferry operators warn vessel operators to exercise caution they may indicate distances to keep clear special lights or that the depth of the cable is unknown both when the ferry is stationary and when it is operating 12 routes edit main article list of cable ferry routes see also edit aerial tramway aerial cable shuttle transport cable car railway cable hauled mass transit system funicular form of cable railway pontoon boat float used to support a boat punt boat flat bottomed boat with square cut bow pünte transporter bridge movable bridge that carries a segment of roadway across an obstacle references edit ferry tale how cable ferries became a way of life in southern n b archived from the original on november 22 2023 retrieved november 30 2023 ng joyce 25 july 2009 last operator happy hand pulled tai o ferry may return to service south china morning post south china morning post publishers ltd archived from the original on 18 may 2021 retrieved 1 september 2020 another torpoint ferry will be out of service for two months plymouth herald 8 march 2019 archived from the original on 30 october 2020 retrieved 8 march 2019 webcams torpoint ferry archived from the original on 8 march 2019 retrieved 30 august 2019 longest cable ferry guinness world records 2016 03 18 retrieved 2025 12 15 schmidt theo efficiency of cable ferries part 3 hupi org human power ejournal archived from the original on 2024 01 04 retrieved 2024 01 04 schweden fährstellen fjordfaehren de retrieved 2023 02 21 schweden und finnland fjordfaehren de archived from the original on 2023 02 28 retrieved 2023 02 21 original correspondence the argus melbourne 7 april 1856 p 5 retrieved 7 june 2012 via national library of australia schmidt theo efficiency of cable ferries part 1 hupi org human power ejournal archived from the original on 2024 01 07 retrieved 2024 01 07 luckmann detlev 1974 prahmfähre über die oste baujahr 1911 oberndorf video 17 min with transcript and article german national library of science and technology tib in german institut for the scientific film iwf göttingen navigable depth across cable ferry wires website nsw government nsw government transport for nsw 2023 archived from the original on 2023 10 03 retrieved 3 october 2023 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to cable ferries twyford chain ferry with unique overhead chain across the river trent uk 1899 cable ferries operating in new brunswick canada v t e modern merchant ships overviews ship cargo ship cargo maritime transport freight transport merchant marine maritime history shipping line dry cargo barge bulk carrier car float chain boat coastal trading vessel collier container ship heavy lift ship hopper barge lake freighter lighter aboard ship livestock carrier reefer ship roll on roll off roro train ferry tankers chemical tanker floating production storage 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