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Historic Speedwell – Morristown, NJ – The S.S. Savannah   Leave a comment

http://www.morrisparks.net/speedwell/sss/sss.html

Interesting account of the steamship Savannah, the first of her kind to cross the Atlantic.

May 22, 1819, the Savannah “put to sea with steam and sails” on the historic trip that would take her to England, Sweden and Russia with stops in Norway and Denmark before returning home.

Posted August 28, 2008 by blackswanm18 in Sailing

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