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Clouds (No. 423)

Augusta, GA

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The British colony of Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe on February 12, 1733

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Augusta Riverwalk (No. 2)

The Kathryn S. was one of the Savannah River’s last paddleboats — and a part of Roy Simkins’ childhood.

“I spent a lot of nights on that boat,” said Simkins, 78, whose father owned and operated river vessels from the 1930s to the 1960s.

Built in Charleston and brought to Augusta to pull timber barges from remote landings, it was powered by a diesel engine with a distinct, soothing sound.

“It would go, ‘chung-a-lung, chung-a-lung’ all night long,” he said. “She was about 60 feet long with a stern wheel and three cabins.”

Today, river commerce on the Savannah is long gone, but the scattered remnants of a once-proud fleet can still be found.

The Kathryn S., wrecked in the early 1960s, is little more than an overgrown mass of timbers and sits on private property. Its paddlewheel, with trees growing through it, is still visible, but vandals have long since looted everything else.

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Augusta Riverwalk (No. 1)

Riverwalk Augusta (also known as the Augusta Riverwalk) is a city park along the Savannah River in downtown Augusta. The park is alongside and on top of Augusta's levee. It extends from 11th Street to the Gordon Highway bridge. Sites along the Riverwalk include St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Fort Discovery, and the Morris Museum of Art.

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Augusta Riverwalk

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