Augusta, Georgia, USA
1916

Augusta, a city of Georgia, capital of Richmond co., is on the Savannah River, 231 miles from its mouth, and on the Central R. of Georgia, the Southern and other rail roads, 171 miles E. by S. of Atlanta and 137 miles WNW. of Charleston. It is situated at the head of steamboat navigation on the river. It is the third city of the state in population and wealth. The streets are wide and imposingly laid out. Broad Street, 120 feet wide, being one of the finest business thoroughfares in the United States. The city is connected by bridge with Hamburg, S.C. It is the seat of the Medical College of Georgia, which was founded in 1832, the Richmond Academy, Paine's Institute (for colored students), and of other collegiate institutions. Among the principal buildings are the public library, masonic temple, and cotton-exchange. Extensive railroad- shops are located here, besides which there are iron-foundries, machine-shops, planing-, Sour-, cotton- and cotton- teed oil mills, glass-, chemical- and marble-works, ice-factories, etc. The city has a very extensive trade in cotton, and produces a larger quantity of unbleached cotton goods than any other city of the Union. The prosperity of Augusta has been promoted by the construction of a canal 7 miles long, which affords immense water-power for manufacturing purposes. Three signers of the Declaration of Independence — Hall, Walton, and Guinnett — are buried in this city. Pop. in 1880, 21,891 ; in 1890, 33,400 ; in 1900, 39,441.

Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher

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