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Hatton Ferry, June 2009

Row 1 (left to right):  Hatton Ferry sign giving brief history of James Brown's ownership of the ferry beginning in the 1870s; Julie Schiff and Lauren Turek, Scottsville Museum's summer interns from UVA's Institute For Public History, ride the ferry on 15 June 2009.
 
Row 2 (left to right):  Harold Pillar, father of Hatton's current ferryman, prepares to raise the gangplank behind this car for the ride across the James River; Ashley Pillar, Hatton's ferryman, cranks the ferry's cable to move it out into the main river channel.
 
Row 3 (left to right):  Mary Prater of Scottsville, VA, rides the ferry with her grandchildren and friend; the Hatton ferryman's shelter on the Albemarle Co. side of the James River; Harold Pillar and young passenger practice poling the Hatton ferry into the main river channel.
 
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