Wednesday, February 8, 2012

former roll-on, roll-off ferry La Rochelle - Ile de Ré, France


A postcard postmarked 1972 but likely made 20 years earlier of one of the roll-on roll-off ferries called "bacs" that was used to ferry people and vehicles between La Rochelle in France and the island of Ile de Ré.  In 1988 they were replaced by a 2.9 km bridge from the mainland.

Unlike the normal ro-ro ferry where vehicles drive on and off the back/front, it's obvious that vehicles drove on and off the sides.

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