Historical Marker

Blacksmith Shop

Savannah · Chatham County

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The Story

Part of the Central of Georgia's antebellum shops, this blacksmith shop hammered out locomotive parts and hardware; period accounts marveled it held one of the only steam forges then seen in Georgia.

About this site

Blacksmith Shop is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0750, -81.1019 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Central Of Georgia Railroad (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Storehouse, Machine Shop, and Turntable.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 32.0750, -81.1019 · Savannah, Chatham County

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