Savannah-Ogeechee Canal

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Completed in 1829, the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal facilitated the growth of Savannah's economy. This photograph captures the canal between 1888 and 1889, after it had been supplanted by railroads as the primary shipping method within the state.

Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Historic American Engineering Record, #HAER GA,26-SAV,18-.

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