Savannah - Cobblestone streets, masonry walls, stairs and miscellaneous stuff

A few more photos from the dock area along the river.  At fairly regular intervals along the dock area, there are cobblestone paved ramps leading from the river level up to the main level of the city.  The tour guide told us these cobblestone pavers were laid down in the 1700's.  There are stairs near the upper end of the ramps.  The mosaic of the cobblestones, the ramps and the walls fascinated me.  The stairs did, too.  With a little imagination, you can see carts filled with goods recently unloaded off of ships being pushed or pulled up the ramps to shops on the upper city streets.  These are a few of the photos that I took of them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The photo below is the back of one of the buildings we saw along River Street.

 

 

Check out the bottom of the downspout.  It is a fish.  Looks like one from a Dr. Seuss story.  Some people in Savannah must be Dr. Seuss fans.  Not far from Mrs. Wilkes' dining room is a store called One Fish, Two Fish. 

 

 

The building below is the Pirate House.  It is currently a restaurant.  We heard the food was good but we did not make it there to eat.  The Pirate House is another haunted place according to the tour guides.  The house was a tavern during the days of sailing ships.  There is a tunnel leading from the tavern to the river.  According to the legend, sailors would get drunk or be given a drug by ships' captains or members of their crews.  The sailors would be taken into the tunnel and knocked out either by clubbing or due to the drugs.  The sailors would then be taken to one of the ships.  When the sailor awoke the next day he would be miles at sea.  Sometimes, the sailor would die from being hit too hard on the head or from being given too much of the drug.  People who visit the Pirate House and the tunnel say they see ghosts or experience supernatural activity. 

 

 

 



I still have a bunch more photos to share.  I will post more later.  Have a good evening.