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Central of Georgia Railway, Cotton Yard Gates, West Broad Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Summary
See HAER GA-1, Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops, for additional information.
Significance: The towers that used to support the massive gates to the "Cotton Yard" of the Central of Georgia were erected during the Civil War for security reasons. The wall itself was erected in 1855 by Mueller and Schwaab of Savannah, and the masonry is by Benjamin F. Armstrong.
Survey number: HAER GA-51
Building/structure dates: 1855- 1867 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000610
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Bocher, Jack
Location
Savannah, Georgia, United States, 32.07779, -81.09817
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
