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Darien Waterfront
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By Mike Stroud, August 2008 | |
| | | 1. Darien Waterfront Marker | | |
Inscription. Throughout the 19th century sailing ships
docked at wharves along this waterfront
on either side of the present bridge to load
with plantation goods. Primarily rice and
sea island cotton, lumber and naval stores.
This activity made Darien one of the leading
seaports on the sourthern coast. Port activity
was interrupted for several years when the
waterfront was burned during the destruction
of Darien by Union forces in 1863.
Location. 31° 22.066′ N, 81° 26.124′ W. Marker is in Darien, Georgia, in McIntosh County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Ocean Highway (U.S. 17) and Fort King George Drive (Georgia Route 25). Click for map. On the waterfront north bank Altamaha River. Marker is in this post office area: Darien GA 31305, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Port of Darien (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort Darien (within shouting distance of this marker); Darien (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort King George (within shouting distance of this marker); The Burning of Darien (about 600 feet away, in a direct line); Methodists at Darien (about 700 feet away); Vernon Square (approx. 0.2 miles away); McIntosh County (approx. 0.2 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Darien.| | | | 
By Mike Stroud, 2008 | |
| | | 2. Tabby Ruins Marker near Darien Waterfront Marker | | "Remains of warehouses shops and taverns which served as the timber and shipping industries of Darien" | | |
Regarding Darien Waterfront. Tabby is a building material consisting of lime, sand, water, and crushed oyster shells. It was made and used on the Sea Islands of coastal South Carolina, Georgia, and northern Florida in the Southern United States during the Colonial period up until the early 1800s as a substitute for bricks, which were rare and expensive because of the absence of local clay. The name comes from the Spanish word, tapia, which means "mud wall".
Also see . . . Longstreet Highroad Guide to the Georgia Coast & Okefenokee. Darien: Once a great seaport on the Atlantic coast, exporting cotton, rice, and timber in several boom and bust cycles, Darien today depends on commercial fishing and tourism. A commercial waterfront, with nineteenth century churches, Victorian homes, tabby ruins, and Fort King George State Historic Site. (Submitted on August 22, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
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By Mike Stroud, 2008 | |
| | | 3. Darien Waterfront "Tabby" ruins | | |
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By Mike Stroud, 2008 | |
| | | 4. Darien Waterfront ruins | | |
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By Mike Stroud, 2008 | |
| | | 5. Darien Waterfront Tabby ruins | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on August 22, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 670 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 22, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
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