Ferryboat Wharf Footbridge - Mexborough, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 29.465 W 001° 16.544
30U E 614394 N 5928284
This Warren truss footbridge across the River Don was built in 1964 to replace a small passenger ferry that had run for hundreds of years.
Waymark Code: WMVQ00
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/16/2017
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The ferry and wharf were originally built for passenger traffic across the River Don. Later in 1751 parts of the river had side channels cut to form the River Don Navigation. At this point the River Don Navigation runs very close and parallel to the river and also has a lock here called Mexborough Top Lock.
The ferry wharf is therefore on a small man made island between the river and the navigation and is accessible from the navigation tow path.
A small metal plaque on the wharf tells us some history of the ferry and the replacement bridge.
FERRYBOAT WHARF
Restored in 1983 by South Yorkshire County Council with the assistance of Mexborough Help Centre Manpower Services Commission Team.
The wharf was the crossing place for the ferry which connected the village of Old Denaby with Mexborough. It was one of several ferries which crossed the River Don in South Yorkshire when there were few bridges. Mexborough ferryboat was in use for many centuries until the pedestrian footbridge was built in 1964.