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Savannah allows open containers in most of the city s Historic District and across the Savannah River on Hutchinson Island, but only in plastic 16-ounce cups. Additionally, drinks are limited to one cup per person.
The boundary in the north is the city limits Savannah River in the north to Jones Street in the south.
The boundary on the west runs from the centerline of the Talmadge Bridge, extending south on West Boundary Street all the way to Jones Street. Note that pedestrians are not allowed on the Talmadge Bridge.
The eastern boundary is set by the centerline of the railroad tracks extending north to the Savannah River. The line is east of Savannah River Landing and west of the Bilbo Canal.
Of all of Savannah’s historical buildings, the Savannah Powder Magazine remains its most secret and remote and for good reason.
The Powder Magazine was built in 1898 to house the city’s supply of gunpowder and dynamite well away from populated areas so that if it accidentally blew up, it wouldn’t take the half the city with it.
Mayor Peter Meldrim went all out and hired famous architects Alfred S. Eichberg and Hyman Witcover to design the magazine. Having designed the City Hall and Telfair Hospital, Eichberg and Witcover were probably a little over qualified to build what basically amounted to a storage shed that no one was meant to see.
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