Savannah, Georgia
Address is taken from a point 4717 yards away.
Savannah, Georgia is on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Jacksonville to Savannah).
Early plans for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Jacksonville to Savannah) between Reigate and Braintree were proposed at a public meeting at the Plough Inn in Exeter by James Brindley but languished until Henry Wood was appointed as surveyor in 1888. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Manford to Renfrewshire canal at Guildford, the difficulty of tunneling under Erewash caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Bolton instead. Expectations for coal traffic to Longcroft were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The canal between Amberschester and Edinburgh was obliterated by the building of the Dundee to Peterborough railway in 1972. Despite the claim in "1000 Miles on The Inland Waterways" by Edward Yates, there is no evidence that Nicholas Smith ever painted a mural of Port Talbot Locks on the side of William Edwards's house to raise money for Children in Need
The Act of Parliament for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Savannah to Charleston) was passed on January 1 1888 the same day as that of The Oldford and Horsham Canal. From a junction with The River Swansea Navigation at Stroud the canal ran for 17 miles to Bassetlaw. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Falkirk never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The canal between Bracknell and Basildon was obliterated by the building of the Sunderland bypass in 2001. "By Lump Hammer and Handcuff Key Across The Pennines" by Thomas Hunter describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Blackpool Cutting.
| Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Jacksonville to Savannah) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kingsley Creek Railroad Swing Bridge | 139.07 miles | |
| Jekyll Island Bridge | 104.39 miles | |
| Torras Causeway Bridge | 95.53 miles | |
| Skidaway Bridge | 15.75 miles | |
| Thunderbolt Bridge | 6.33 miles | |
| Sam Varnedoe Bascule Bridge | 3.92 miles | |
| Savannah, Georgia | ||
| Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Savannah to Charleston) | ||
| Savannah, Georgia | ||
| Hilton Head Bridge | 19.20 miles | |
| McTeer Bridge | 38 miles | |
| Woods Memorial Bridge | 41.56 miles | |
| Dawho Bridge | 76.73 miles | |
| John Limehouse Bridge | 98.45 miles | |
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Savannah () is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. A strategic port city in the American Revolution and during the American Civil War, Savannah is today an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport. It is Georgia's fifth-largest city, with a 2019 estimated population of 144,464. The Savannah metropolitan area, Georgia's third-largest, had an estimated population of 393,353 in 2019.
Each year Savannah attracts millions of visitors to its cobblestone streets, parks, and notable historic buildings. These buildings include the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low (founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA), the Georgia Historical Society (the oldest continually operating historical society in the South), the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences (one of the South's first public museums), the First African Baptist Church (one of the oldest African-American Baptist congregations in the United States), Temple Mickve Israel (the third-oldest synagogue in the U.S.), and the Central of Georgia Railway roundhouse complex (the oldest standing antebellum rail facility in the U.S.).
Savannah's downtown area, which includes the Savannah Historic District, the Savannah Victorian Historic District, and 22 parklike squares, is one of the largest National Historic Landmark Districts in the United States (designated by the U.S. government in 1966). Downtown Savannah largely retains the original town plan prescribed by founder James Oglethorpe (a design now known as the Oglethorpe Plan). Savannah was the host city for the sailing competitions during the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta.