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Thunderbolt Battery looking down the River

Thunderbolt Battery looking down the River

Signed above image: Wm Waud. Title inscribed above image. On verso sketch of river landscape with frigate. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 21, 1865, p. 41. Reference print available in the Civil War Draw... More

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spanning Savannah River, Port Wentworth, Chatham County, GA

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spann...

Significance: Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N (James P. Houlihan Bridge) was originally constructed in 1922, and was a manually operated steel truss turn-span type bridge. In 1954, the bridge underwen... More

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spanning Savannah River, Port Wentworth, Chatham County, GA

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spann...

Significance: Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N (James P. Houlihan Bridge) was originally constructed in 1922, and was a manually operated steel truss turn-span type bridge. In 1954, the bridge underwen... More

Hart County Bridge, State Route 181, spanning Savannah River, Hartwell, Hart County, GA

Hart County Bridge, State Route 181, spanning Savannah River, Hartwell...

Significance: The Hart County Bridge is a steel pin-connected Camelback truss bridge, composed of three identical camelback trusses and four flat spans. While the camelback truss is not an unusual configuratio... More

Hart County Bridge, State Route 181, spanning Savannah River, Hartwell, Hart County, GA

Hart County Bridge, State Route 181, spanning Savannah River, Hartwell...

Significance: The Hart County Bridge is a steel pin-connected Camelback truss bridge, composed of three identical camelback trusses and four flat spans. While the camelback truss is not an unusual configuratio... More

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva,...

Significance: The Sanders Ferry Bridge was built jointly by Elbert County, Georgia and Anderson County, South Carolina. Built by the Austin Bridge Company of Atlanta, the Anderson-Elberton Free Bridge was form... More

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva,...

Significance: The Sanders Ferry Bridge was built jointly by Elbert County, Georgia and Anderson County, South Carolina. Built by the Austin Bridge Company of Atlanta, the Anderson-Elberton Free Bridge was form... More

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva,...

Significance: The Sanders Ferry Bridge was built jointly by Elbert County, Georgia and Anderson County, South Carolina. Built by the Austin Bridge Company of Atlanta, the Anderson-Elberton Free Bridge was form... More

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

View on Savannah River - A black and white photo of a body of water

View on Savannah River - A black and white photo of a body of water

No. 976. Alternate title from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. Gift; Col. Godwin ... More

Savannah River from steamboat wharf

Savannah River from steamboat wharf

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Thunderbolt Battery looking down the River

Thunderbolt Battery looking down the River

Signed above image: Wm Waud. Title inscribed above image. On verso sketch of river landscape with frigate. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 21, 1865, p. 41. Reference print available in the Civil War Draw... More

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spanning Savannah River, Port Wentworth, Chatham County, GA

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spann...

Significance: Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N (James P. Houlihan Bridge) was originally constructed in 1922, and was a manually operated steel truss turn-span type bridge. In 1954, the bridge underwen... More

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva,...

Significance: The Sanders Ferry Bridge was built jointly by Elbert County, Georgia and Anderson County, South Carolina. Built by the Austin Bridge Company of Atlanta, the Anderson-Elberton Free Bridge was form... More

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, water way, maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Bridge, Spanning Savannah River, Calhoun Falls, Abbeville County, SC

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Bridge, Spanning Savannah River, Calhoun ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spanning Savannah River, Port Wentworth, Chatham County, GA

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spann...

Significance: Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N (James P. Houlihan Bridge) was originally constructed in 1922, and was a manually operated steel truss turn-span type bridge. In 1954, the bridge underwen... More

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spanning Savannah River, Port Wentworth, Chatham County, GA

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spann...

Significance: Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N (James P. Houlihan Bridge) was originally constructed in 1922, and was a manually operated steel truss turn-span type bridge. In 1954, the bridge underwen... More

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatha...

Significance: The lighthouse, which was extinguished in 1909, is one of only five remaining lighthouses in the state of Georgia having withstood the battle between Union and Confederate forces on April 10-11, 1... More

Hart County Bridge, State Route 181, spanning Savannah River, Hartwell, Hart County, GA

Hart County Bridge, State Route 181, spanning Savannah River, Hartwell...

Significance: The Hart County Bridge is a steel pin-connected Camelback truss bridge, composed of three identical camelback trusses and four flat spans. While the camelback truss is not an unusual configuratio... More

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River  on State Highway 28, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River on State Highway 28, A...

Significance: The Sand Bar Ferry Bridge on South Carolina Route 28 over the Savannah River linking Aiken County, South Carolina and Richmond County, Georgia is an example of one of the early metal truss bridges... More

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

An aerial view of Savannah, Georgia, with a focus on oil storage tanks along the Savannah River

An aerial view of Savannah, Georgia, with a focus on oil storage tanks...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-5). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Aerial view of Savannah, Georgia, with a focus on the Talmadge Memorial Bridge, spanning the Savannah River between downtown and Hutchinson Island

Aerial view of Savannah, Georgia, with a focus on the Talmadge Memoria...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Completed in March 1991, the new Talmadge Memorial cable-stayed bridge replaced the old Talmadge cantilever truss bridge (built in 195... More

Thunderbolt Battery looking down the River

Thunderbolt Battery looking down the River

Signed above image: Wm Waud. Title inscribed above image. On verso sketch of river landscape with frigate. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 21, 1865, p. 41. Reference print available in the Civil War Draw... More

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spanning Savannah River, Port Wentworth, Chatham County, GA

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spann...

Significance: Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N (James P. Houlihan Bridge) was originally constructed in 1922, and was a manually operated steel truss turn-span type bridge. In 1954, the bridge underwen... More

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatha...

Significance: The lighthouse, which was extinguished in 1909, is one of only five remaining lighthouses in the state of Georgia having withstood the battle between Union and Confederate forces on April 10-11, 1... More

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River  on State Highway 28, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River on State Highway 28, A...

Significance: The Sand Bar Ferry Bridge on South Carolina Route 28 over the Savannah River linking Aiken County, South Carolina and Richmond County, Georgia is an example of one of the early metal truss bridges... More

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River  on State Highway 28, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River on State Highway 28, A...

Significance: The Sand Bar Ferry Bridge on South Carolina Route 28 over the Savannah River linking Aiken County, South Carolina and Richmond County, Georgia is an example of one of the early metal truss bridges... More

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

Along the warf, Savannah River, Ga. U.S.A

Along the warf, Savannah River, Ga. U.S.A

No. 6204. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Georgia Queen tourist paddle wheel riverboat plies the busy Savannah River in Savannah, Georgia

The Georgia Queen tourist paddle wheel riverboat plies the busy Savann...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-5). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Thunderbolt Battery looking down the River

Thunderbolt Battery looking down the River

Signed above image: Wm Waud. Title inscribed above image. On verso sketch of river landscape with frigate. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 21, 1865, p. 41. Reference print available in the Civil War Draw... More

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spanning Savannah River, Port Wentworth, Chatham County, GA

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spann...

Significance: Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N (James P. Houlihan Bridge) was originally constructed in 1922, and was a manually operated steel truss turn-span type bridge. In 1954, the bridge underwen... More

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatha...

Significance: The lighthouse, which was extinguished in 1909, is one of only five remaining lighthouses in the state of Georgia having withstood the battle between Union and Confederate forces on April 10-11, 1... More

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva,...

Significance: The Sanders Ferry Bridge was built jointly by Elbert County, Georgia and Anderson County, South Carolina. Built by the Austin Bridge Company of Atlanta, the Anderson-Elberton Free Bridge was form... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

Train of prisoners approaches Savannah River

Train of prisoners approaches Savannah River

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed above image. Formerly Waud no. B-28. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.793) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Down the river, Savannah, Ga - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Down the river, Savannah, Ga - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

"WHJ 156" on negative. "Seaboard Air Line Railway" on building. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013361. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spanning Savannah River, Port Wentworth, Chatham County, GA

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spann...

Significance: Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N (James P. Houlihan Bridge) was originally constructed in 1922, and was a manually operated steel truss turn-span type bridge. In 1954, the bridge underwen... More

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatha...

Significance: The lighthouse, which was extinguished in 1909, is one of only five remaining lighthouses in the state of Georgia having withstood the battle between Union and Confederate forces on April 10-11, 1... More

Hart County Bridge, State Route 181, spanning Savannah River, Hartwell, Hart County, GA

Hart County Bridge, State Route 181, spanning Savannah River, Hartwell...

Significance: The Hart County Bridge is a steel pin-connected Camelback truss bridge, composed of three identical camelback trusses and four flat spans. While the camelback truss is not an unusual configuratio... More

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River  on State Highway 28, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River on State Highway 28, A...

Significance: The Sand Bar Ferry Bridge on South Carolina Route 28 over the Savannah River linking Aiken County, South Carolina and Richmond County, Georgia is an example of one of the early metal truss bridges... More

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River  on State Highway 28, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River on State Highway 28, A...

Significance: The Sand Bar Ferry Bridge on South Carolina Route 28 over the Savannah River linking Aiken County, South Carolina and Richmond County, Georgia is an example of one of the early metal truss bridges... More

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River  on State Highway 28, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River on State Highway 28, A...

Significance: The Sand Bar Ferry Bridge on South Carolina Route 28 over the Savannah River linking Aiken County, South Carolina and Richmond County, Georgia is an example of one of the early metal truss bridges... More

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

Train of prisoners approaches Savannah River

Train of prisoners approaches Savannah River

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed above image. Formerly Waud no. B-28. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.793) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

An oceangoing container ship plies the busy Savannah River in Savannah, Georgia

An oceangoing container ship plies the busy Savannah River in Savannah...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Savannah is home to the largest single ocean container terminal on the U.S. eastern seaboard, and is the nation's fourth-busiest seapo... More

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spanning Savannah River, Port Wentworth, Chatham County, GA

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spann...

Significance: Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N (James P. Houlihan Bridge) was originally constructed in 1922, and was a manually operated steel truss turn-span type bridge. In 1954, the bridge underwen... More

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spanning Savannah River, Port Wentworth, Chatham County, GA

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spann...

Significance: Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N (James P. Houlihan Bridge) was originally constructed in 1922, and was a manually operated steel truss turn-span type bridge. In 1954, the bridge underwen... More

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatha...

Significance: The lighthouse, which was extinguished in 1909, is one of only five remaining lighthouses in the state of Georgia having withstood the battle between Union and Confederate forces on April 10-11, 1... More

Hart County Bridge, State Route 181, spanning Savannah River, Hartwell, Hart County, GA

Hart County Bridge, State Route 181, spanning Savannah River, Hartwell...

Significance: The Hart County Bridge is a steel pin-connected Camelback truss bridge, composed of three identical camelback trusses and four flat spans. While the camelback truss is not an unusual configuratio... More

Fort James Jackson, usually called Old Fort Jackson, is a restored 19th-century fort located on the Savannah River, two miles east Savannah, Georgia

Fort James Jackson, usually called Old Fort Jackson, is a restored 19t...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. President Thomas Jefferson authorized the construction of a national defense system of fortifications to defend his new nation. Jeffer... More

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Bridge, Spanning Savannah River, Calhoun Falls, Abbeville County, SC

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Bridge, Spanning Savannah River, Calhoun ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spanning Savannah River, Port Wentworth, Chatham County, GA

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spann...

Significance: Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N (James P. Houlihan Bridge) was originally constructed in 1922, and was a manually operated steel truss turn-span type bridge. In 1954, the bridge underwen... More

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spanning Savannah River, Port Wentworth, Chatham County, GA

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spann...

Significance: Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N (James P. Houlihan Bridge) was originally constructed in 1922, and was a manually operated steel truss turn-span type bridge. In 1954, the bridge underwen... More

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spanning Savannah River, Port Wentworth, Chatham County, GA

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spann...

Significance: Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N (James P. Houlihan Bridge) was originally constructed in 1922, and was a manually operated steel truss turn-span type bridge. In 1954, the bridge underwen... More

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatha...

Significance: The lighthouse, which was extinguished in 1909, is one of only five remaining lighthouses in the state of Georgia having withstood the battle between Union and Confederate forces on April 10-11, 1... More

Hart County Bridge, State Route 181, spanning Savannah River, Hartwell, Hart County, GA

Hart County Bridge, State Route 181, spanning Savannah River, Hartwell...

Significance: The Hart County Bridge is a steel pin-connected Camelback truss bridge, composed of three identical camelback trusses and four flat spans. While the camelback truss is not an unusual configuratio... More

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva,...

Significance: The Sanders Ferry Bridge was built jointly by Elbert County, Georgia and Anderson County, South Carolina. Built by the Austin Bridge Company of Atlanta, the Anderson-Elberton Free Bridge was form... More

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

A map of Savannah River beginning at Stone-Bluff, or Nexttobethell, which continueth to the sea; also, the four sounds Savañah, [Warsaw], Hossabaw, and St. Katharines, with their islands; likewise Neuport, or Serpent River, from its mouth to Benjehova Bluff.

A map of Savannah River beginning at Stone-Bluff, or Nexttobethell, wh...

Scale ca. 1:132,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Annotated with brown ink. Oriented with north to the right. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief shown by hachures. Shows aspects of the phys... More

Split bamboo fence at headquarters of the United States Bureau of Plant Industry at the Savannah River Migratory Fowl Refuge. Savannah, Georgia

Split bamboo fence at headquarters of the United States Bureau of Plan...

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Bridge, Spanning Savannah River, Calhoun Falls, Abbeville County, SC

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Bridge, Spanning Savannah River, Calhoun ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spanning Savannah River, Port Wentworth, Chatham County, GA

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spann...

Significance: Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N (James P. Houlihan Bridge) was originally constructed in 1922, and was a manually operated steel truss turn-span type bridge. In 1954, the bridge underwen... More

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spanning Savannah River, Port Wentworth, Chatham County, GA

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spann...

Significance: Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N (James P. Houlihan Bridge) was originally constructed in 1922, and was a manually operated steel truss turn-span type bridge. In 1954, the bridge underwen... More

Hart County Bridge, State Route 181, spanning Savannah River, Hartwell, Hart County, GA

Hart County Bridge, State Route 181, spanning Savannah River, Hartwell...

Significance: The Hart County Bridge is a steel pin-connected Camelback truss bridge, composed of three identical camelback trusses and four flat spans. While the camelback truss is not an unusual configuratio... More

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva,...

Significance: The Sanders Ferry Bridge was built jointly by Elbert County, Georgia and Anderson County, South Carolina. Built by the Austin Bridge Company of Atlanta, the Anderson-Elberton Free Bridge was form... More

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River  on State Highway 28, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River on State Highway 28, A...

Significance: The Sand Bar Ferry Bridge on South Carolina Route 28 over the Savannah River linking Aiken County, South Carolina and Richmond County, Georgia is an example of one of the early metal truss bridges... More

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

A plan of the inlets & rivers of Savannah & Warsaw in the Province of Georgia.

A plan of the inlets & rivers of Savannah & Warsaw in the Province of ...

Scale ca. 1:32,000; 220 chains, 80 to a mile & 1/2 mile to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the right. Shows area betwee... More

Old drainage ditch in Savannah River delta, now in area of Savannah River migratory waterfowl refuge, biological survey project. Near Savannah, Georgia

Old drainage ditch in Savannah River delta, now in area of Savannah Ri...

Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Georgia Queen tourist paddle wheel riverboat plies the busy Savannah River in Savannah, Georgia

The Georgia Queen tourist paddle wheel riverboat plies the busy Savann...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-5). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the ... More

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Bridge, Spanning Savannah River, Calhoun Falls, Abbeville County, SC

Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Bridge, Spanning Savannah River, Calhoun ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spanning Savannah River, Port Wentworth, Chatham County, GA

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spann...

Significance: Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N (James P. Houlihan Bridge) was originally constructed in 1922, and was a manually operated steel truss turn-span type bridge. In 1954, the bridge underwen... More

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva,...

Significance: The Sanders Ferry Bridge was built jointly by Elbert County, Georgia and Anderson County, South Carolina. Built by the Austin Bridge Company of Atlanta, the Anderson-Elberton Free Bridge was form... More

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

Aerial view of Fort James Jackson, usually called Old Fort Jackson, a restored 19th-century fort located on the Savannah River, two miles east Savannah, Georgia

Aerial view of Fort James Jackson, usually called Old Fort Jackson, a ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. President Thomas Jefferson authorized the construction of a national defense system of fortifications to defend his new nation. Jeffer... More

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spanning Savannah River, Port Wentworth, Chatham County, GA

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N, US 17 & State Route 25 Spann...

Significance: Georgia DOT Bridge No. 051-00025D-01986N (James P. Houlihan Bridge) was originally constructed in 1922, and was a manually operated steel truss turn-span type bridge. In 1954, the bridge underwen... More

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatha...

Significance: The lighthouse, which was extinguished in 1909, is one of only five remaining lighthouses in the state of Georgia having withstood the battle between Union and Confederate forces on April 10-11, 1... More

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva,...

Significance: The Sanders Ferry Bridge was built jointly by Elbert County, Georgia and Anderson County, South Carolina. Built by the Austin Bridge Company of Atlanta, the Anderson-Elberton Free Bridge was form... More

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva, Anderson County, SC

Sanders Ferry Bridge, State Highway 184, Spanning Savannah River, Iva,...

Significance: The Sanders Ferry Bridge was built jointly by Elbert County, Georgia and Anderson County, South Carolina. Built by the Austin Bridge Company of Atlanta, the Anderson-Elberton Free Bridge was form... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, water way, maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph of ship dock, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Savannah River view, photochrome print postcard.

The Savannah River view, photochrome print postcard.

Copyright 1900 by Detroit Photographic Co. Caption for similar image (LC-D4-4875) lists title as: Savannah River from steamboat wharf. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53525". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collec... More

Thunderbolt Battery looking down the River

Thunderbolt Battery looking down the River

Signed above image: Wm Waud. Title inscribed above image. On verso sketch of river landscape with frigate. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 21, 1865, p. 41. Reference print available in the Civil War Draw... More

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatha...

Significance: The lighthouse, which was extinguished in 1909, is one of only five remaining lighthouses in the state of Georgia having withstood the battle between Union and Confederate forces on April 10-11, 1... More

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River  on State Highway 28, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River on State Highway 28, A...

Significance: The Sand Bar Ferry Bridge on South Carolina Route 28 over the Savannah River linking Aiken County, South Carolina and Richmond County, Georgia is an example of one of the early metal truss bridges... More

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River  on State Highway 28, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Sand Bar Ferry Bridge, Spanning Savannah River on State Highway 28, A...

Significance: The Sand Bar Ferry Bridge on South Carolina Route 28 over the Savannah River linking Aiken County, South Carolina and Richmond County, Georgia is an example of one of the early metal truss bridges... More

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, Abbeville County, SC

Gregg Shoals Dam & Power Plant, Across Savannah River, Lowndesville, A...

Significance: The Gregg Shoals Dam and Power Plant began operations in May 1907 and produced electricity until September 1954. It was among the early low-head hydroelectric plants in America and is associated ... More

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