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Built in the late 1820s by enslaved and Irish laborers, the 16.5-mile canal with its locks carried cotton, rice, and bricks from inland plantations to Savannah's port until railroads made it obsolete.
Historical Marker
The Savannah and Ogeechee Canal
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About this site
The Savannah and Ogeechee Canal is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 2018. 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 32.0234, -81.3171 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is The 15th Corps at the Savannah and Ogeechee Canal (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Savannah-Ogeechee Canal, Savannah-ogeechee Canal Museum and Nature Center, and Brickyard Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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