Kettle Ferry and Landing
N 47° 56.811 W 118° 41.451
11T E 373742 N 5311776
The Martha S., also known as the Keller Ferry is a free service ferry. It is 80 feet in length with a 30 foot beam. The capacity of the vessel is 12 cars with a maximum vehicle size of 75 feet in length with a gross weight of 80,000 lbs.
Waymark Code: WM59AG
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 12/01/2008
Views: 33
The Keller Ferry is powered by two Detroit Diesel 6-71 engines with an approximate combined horsepower of 470. The top travel speed is about 12 miles per hour and the crossing takes about 10 minutes.
The vessel crosses the Columbia River at its confluence with the Sanpoil River from Ferry County and the Colville Indian Reservation on the north bank to Lincoln County on the south. The Columbia River is 1 1/4 miles wide at this point with basalt cliffs and scab land forming both shores. The river wasn't always as wide. Construction of the Grand Coulee Dam about 15 miles downstream from the ferry route quadrupled the width of the river when the reservoir was filled in 1942. Prior to that, the ferry crossed a free-flowing Columbia River rather than the slack water Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake as it does today.
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Body of water served: Roosevelt Lake
Places served:
Keller and Republic, in Ferry County, on the North side. Wilber, Lincoln County, on the South side
Terminal / landing address:
SR21WA USA
Hours of operation (non-scheduled ferry service): From: 6:00 AM To: 12:00 AM
Seasonal: Not Listed
Dining room / cafeteria: Not Listed
Gift shop: Not Listed
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