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Image: Mtwapa Creek Ferry early 1950s

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Description: Picture shows two vehicles being ferried across Mtwapa Creek on the Mombasa-Malindi Road some 10 miles north of Mombasa. According to native legend the Creek, the native name of which is Shimo la Tawa (Hole of the Rock Cod), is the haunt of a giant man-eating rock cod. At the crossing place the creek is spanned by a chain which passes over pulleys at either end of the ferryboat. To effect a crossing a group of six to eight African ferrymen travelling on the boat haul on the chain and so pull the boat across.
Title: Mtwapa Creek Ferry early 1950s
Credit: East African Photographic Service of the Regional Information Office, Nairobi, Kenya
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