Description

Summary: booklet, 'How to reach the Garden Isle by Motor Car', Lymington to Yarmouth Ferry, c 1910, cars on barges towed by tug, 6 pages including 4 photographs, within covers

Identification note: In 1836, tow boats were introduced to transport cargo and cattle and were either pulled behind the ferry or by separate tugs. This continued until 1938. The cover and photograph are from a booklet promoting travel by car to the Isle of Wight using the Lymington –Yarmouth route, produced by the London and Southwestern Railway.