Difference between revisions of "Ferry Pass"

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Ferry Pass is a community in Northeast Pensacola.  Present day Davis Highway was once named Ferry Pass Highway.
 
Ferry Pass is a community in Northeast Pensacola.  Present day Davis Highway was once named Ferry Pass Highway.
  
Before the Pensacola - Tallahassee Road (now Interstate 10) bridge was constructed over Escambia Bay, there was a ferry service. The old "Map of Escambia County" in the property appraiser's office dated November 1908 shows Ferry Pass as being located at the Township base line at the mouth of Escambia River.
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Before the Pensacola - Tallahassee Road (now Interstate 10) or the "fill" bridge over to Pace were constructed over Escambia Bay, there was a ferry service that carried passengers.  
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The old "Map of Escambia County" in the property appraiser's office dated November 1908 shows Ferry Pass as being located at the Township base line at the mouth of Escambia River.

Revision as of 23:00, 18 February 2013

Ferry Pass is a community in Northeast Pensacola. Present day Davis Highway was once named Ferry Pass Highway.

Before the Pensacola - Tallahassee Road (now Interstate 10) or the "fill" bridge over to Pace were constructed over Escambia Bay, there was a ferry service that carried passengers.

The old "Map of Escambia County" in the property appraiser's office dated November 1908 shows Ferry Pass as being located at the Township base line at the mouth of Escambia River.