The ferry has long since stopped running, and even the sturdy park boat is laid up for the winter.

Still, once the bridge was repaired, people returned to the old route, and without enough business, the ferries stopped.

"I was here when the ferry stopped running," he said.

The ferry to Nantucket was stopping service Friday morning.

After the ferry stops for the night, he pays local sailors to take him with them on their boat.

By the 1950's - long after the ferry stopped running - the Institute was surrounded by industry and modest, aging houses.

The last ferry, Leschi, stopped running in 1950.

The ferry immediately stopped to dispatch a rescue lifeboat.

The water and electricity are turned off, the ferry stops running and all is quiet until April.

The ferry has stopped operating in 2011.