They are actually flags. Thanks, Frank!
http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Thu, 11/26/09, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >>> The ferries across the river in Basel are > interesting. ?They get > >>> their power from the current; a cable connects > the vessel through > >>> a block (pulley) to another cable stretched > across the river. > >>> ?Using a rudder to keep the hull at an angle > to the currrent, the > >>> boat moves across the river. > >>> > >>> The vessel under way: > >>> > >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10204533&size=lg > >>> > >>> And the grizzled old skipper guiding ours: > >>> > >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10204543&size=lg > > > > Judging by the coloured balls strung along the cable > it almost looks like the "gay pride ferry". > Interesting means of propulsion. > > Are they colored balls? I thought someone had "borrowed" > the flag streamers from a used car lot. > > Those kind of ferries were quite common in the US & > Canada prior to the advent of the motorcar and the highway > & bridge building frenzy of the early 20th century. > > Where they still exist, they've mostly been replaced by > cable ferries using some kind of power to pull the barge > along the cable, but there are a few reaction ferries still > operating in the US & especially in Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
