A Docks at Savannah, Georgia, 1909 – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: A Docks at Savannah, Georgia, 1909, preserved in this historic image. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Central of Ga. R.R. docks #2, Savannah, Ga.
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A Docks at Savannah, Georgia, 1909
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Savannah, Georgia, in 1909 was one of the busiest cotton ports on the South Atlantic coast, and its riverfront along the Savannah River was the working heart of the city. Cotton bales, naval stores such as turpentine and rosin from the pine forests of the interior, and lumber moved across the wharves to steamships bound for northern and European markets. The Central of Georgia Railway and other lines brought freight down to the docks, tying the port to the wider cotton economy of the state. Savannah's leaders were then promoting harbor deepening and new port facilities to keep pace with competing Gulf and Atlantic ports. Dockworkers, longshoremen, and cotton factors made up much of the waterfront community that shaped daily life there.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | haines photo co. (conneaut, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Georgia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,563 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Central of Ga. R.R. docks #2, Savannah, Ga. |
| Reference | GA A Docks at Savannah 1909 |
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