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Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
Savannah On Wheels
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SundayClosed
MondayClosed
Tuesday10am - 6pm
Wednesday10am - 6pm
Thursday10am - 6am (next day)
Friday10am - 6pm
Saturday10am - 6pm


SS Savannah was an American hybrid sailing ship/sidewheel steamer built in 1818. She is notable for being the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, transiting mainly under sail power from May to June 1819. In spite of this historic voyage, the great space taken up by her large engine and its fuel at the expense of cargo, and the public's anxiety over embracing her revolutionary steam power, kept Savannah from being a commercial success as a steamship. Originally laid down as a sailing packet, she was, following a severe and unrelated reversal of the financial fortunes of her owners, converted back into a sailing ship shortly after returning from Europe.Savannah was wrecked off Long Island in 1821. No other American-owned steamship would cross the Atlantic for almost thirty years after Savannah's pioneering voyage. Two British sidewheel steamships, Brunel's SS Great Western and Menzies' SS Sirius, raced to New York in 1838, both voyages being made under steam power alone.
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