Ferry Route
This file appears in: Lytle's Ferry
The route of the New Albany-Portland Ferry shown on an 1873 map of Louisville, New Albany, and Jeffersonville.
Image courtesy of Library of Congress
This file appears in: Lytle's Ferry
Lytle's Ferry
Ferries played a crucial role in moving people and goods across the Ohio River throughout much of New Albany’s history. Although the river could be crossed on foot at the Falls of the Ohio during period of drought or solid ice, ferries were needed…