Note: The following is part of a series of columns exploring the importance of canals in the early history of Georgia and Bulloch County. The Ogeechee Canal first closed in November 1836 after it was sold at a sheriff's sale. Amos Scudder, one of the canal's original contractors, bought the stock and rebuilt the canal between 1840 and 1850, using brick instead of wood.
Bulloch History with Roger Allen: Ogeechee Canal had a long history before closing