Naturally, the area adjoining the Savannah River offers interesting history, as well as modern restaurants and entertainment. The streets are comprised of "ballast stones," which were used by the ships for... you guessed it... ballast.
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| Access ramp from Bay Street to River Street, still in use today |
At the time of the Civil War, the price for cotton was established in two places: Savannah, GA and Liverpool, England. Savannah, it was through the cotton exchange on Bay Street.
Note the bridge? Bridges such as this would span the ballast stone streets below. Brokers from the various cotton brokerage houses would stand on the bridges, examine the massive bails of cotton being transported below to waiting ships, and set the price.
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| The old cotton brokerage houses were in the buildings to the left |
Note the bridge? Bridges such as this would span the ballast stone streets below. Brokers from the various cotton brokerage houses would stand on the bridges, examine the massive bails of cotton being transported below to waiting ships, and set the price.
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