- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Savannah-Ogeechee Canal
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Date of Original:
- 1853/1888
- Subject:
- Canals--Georgia--Savannah
Trees--Georgia--Savannah
Trails--Georgia--Savannah - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Savannah-Ogeechee Canal, pictured circa 1888, was completed by enslaved laborers in 1829.
Photograph of the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal near Savannah, Georgia, taken in 1888. The waters of the canal are still. Several trees grow near the water. A walking path lines the shores of the canal.
Completed by slaves in 1829, the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal facilitated the growth of Savannah's economy. By the late 1800s, it had been supplanted by railroads as the primary shipping method within the state. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/african-american-archaeology/savannah-ogeechee-canal_002/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://georgiahistory.pastperfectonline.com/photo/621FC743-D149-4EB5-A5F3-617822063930
- Original Collection:
- James S. Silva family papers, 1888-1953
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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