The John Randolph - Chatham Co., Savannah, GA
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N 32° 04.863 W 081° 05.477
17S E 491385 N 3549423
Mounted on Savannah City Hall, Bull and Bay Sts in Savannah, GA.
Waymark Code: WM5F2C
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 12/30/2008
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This Table Commemorates the Centenary of
The John Randolph
The first iron vessel seen in American water.
Riveted together and launched here in 1834,
The plates having been made by John Laird
Of Birkenhead England, and shipped to this port in sections.
Built for Gazaway B. Lamar, banker and cotton merchant of Savannah.
The same great iron shipbuilder John Laird
Built in 1862 the Confederate Cruiser
Alabama
Type of Marker: Building
Marker #: None
Date: 1919
Sponsor: Not listed
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