Events in History Relating to Ferry
October 11, 1811
Inventor John Stevens' boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).
March 23, 1889
The free Woolwich Ferry officially opens in east London.
January 26, 1958
Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsizes off southern Awaji Island, Japan, 167 killed.
April 10, 1968
Shipwreck of the New Zealand inter-island ferry TEV Wahine outside Wellington harbour.
March 22, 1975
A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama causes dangerous lowering of cooling water levels.
July 31, 1988
32 people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Malaysia.
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