The "John Randolph"
1834 1919
This tablet commerates
The "John Randolph"
the first iron vessel seen in
American waters
Riveted together and launched here in 1834,
the plates having been made by John Laird
of Birkenhead, England, and shipped to this
port in sections
Built for Gazaway B. Lamar, Banker and Cotton
Merchant of Savannah
The same great iron shipbuilder
John Laird
built in 1862 the Confederate Cruiser
"ALABAMA"
Marker is on E Bay St near Bull St., on the left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
