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A Savannah shipping magnate, Scarbrough led the company whose SS Savannah made the first steam-assisted Atlantic crossing in 1819; the venture failed financially and helped ruin him within a year.
Historical Marker
William Scarbrough
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About this site
William Scarbrough is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 1957. 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 32.0752, -81.0900 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Colonial Park Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Joseph Vallence Bevan, Button Gwinnett, and Archibald Bulloch.
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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