Editing Savannah, Georgia (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Eugene Talmadge Memorial Bridge.jpg|thumbnail|right|A container ship leaves the [[Port of Savannah]] after passing under the [[Eugene Talmadge Memorial Bridge|Talmadge Memorial Bridge]] and proceeding east down the Savannah River past the [[Savannah Historic District (Savannah, Georgia)|Savannah Historic District]].]]
Agriculture was essential to Savannah's economy during its first two centuries. [[Silk]] and [[indigo plant|indigo]] production, both in demand in England, were early export commodities. By 1767, almost a ton of silk per year was exported to England.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/LandResources/Agriculture&id=h-2056|title=Agriculture in Georgia: Overview|encyclopedia=The New Georgia Encyclopedia|access-date=2007-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114013015/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=%2FLandResources%2FAgriculture&id=h-2056|archive-date=November 14, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Georgia's mild [[climate]] offered perfect conditions for growing [[cotton]], which became the dominant commodity after the [[American Revolution]]. Its production under the [[peculiar institution|plantation system]] and shipment through the [[Port of Savannah]] helped the city's European immigrants achieve wealth and prosperity.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/savannah/|title=Savannah}}</ref>

By the nineteenth century, the Port of Savannah had become one of the most active in the United States. In the United States' early years, goods produced in the [[New World]] had to pass through Atlantic ports such as Savannah's before they could be shipped to England.<ref name="auto" /> The Port of Savannah grew to become North America's fourth-largest port for shipping container traffic. In 2023, the port handled 4.9 million [[twenty-foot equivalent units|twenty-foot equivalent]] container units (TEU).<ref>{{cite web|last=Dmitry|first=Shafran|date=January 28, 2024|title=Top 10 Busiest and Largest Container Ports in the US in 2024 - 4. Port of Savannah|website=Maritime Page - All about Maritime World|url=https://maritimepage.com/top-10-busiest-and-largest-container-ports-in-the-us/ }}</ref>

Savannah's first hotel, [[21 West Bay Street|City Hotel]], was completed in 1821. It also housed the city's first [[United States Post Office]] branch.<ref name="bell">Malcolm Bell, Jr., "Ease and Elegance, Madeira and Murder: The Social Life of Savannah's City Hotel," ''The Georgia Historical Quarterly,'' vol. 76, no. 3 (Fall 1992), p. 552.</ref> Between 1912 and 1968, the [[Savannah Machine & Foundry]] Company was a shipbuilder in Savannah.<ref name="Bloome">{{cite book|last1=Bloome|first1=Kenneth J.|title=Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Maritime Industry|date=2012|publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]]|location=[[Plymouth]]|page=429|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r_jTIbdFUnYC&q=%22Savannah%20Machine%20%26%20Foundry%22%20-wikipedia&pg=PA429|access-date=26 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904090305/https://books.google.com/books?id=r_jTIbdFUnYC&lpg=PA429&ots=iLU9Rx5uJR&dq=%22Savannah%20Machine%20%26%20Foundry%22%20-wikipedia&pg=PA429|archive-date=September 4, 2015|url-status=live|isbn=9780810856349}}</ref>

For years, Savannah was the home of [[Union Camp]], which housed the world's largest paper mill. The plant is now owned by [[International Paper]] and remains one of Savannah's largest employers. Savannah is also home to the [[Gulfstream Aerospace]] company, maker of private jets, and various other significant industrial interests. [[TitleMax]] is headquartered in Savannah. [[Morris Multimedia]], a newspaper and television company based in Savannah.

In 2000, [[J. C. Bamford|JCB]], the third-largest producer of construction equipment in the world and the leading manufacturer of backhoes and telescopic handlers, built its North American headquarters near Savannah in [[Pooler, Georgia|Pooler]] on I-95 near [[Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport]]. By 2023, Naturals2Go relocated to Savannah,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-14 |title=Naturals2Go relocating to Savannah, promising 125 jobs |url=https://www.wsav.com/news/local-news/naturals2go-relocating-to-savannah-promising-125-jobs/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=WSAV-TV |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] has operated throughout Savannah and its metropolitan area since 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brimmer |first=Adam Van |title=Here is what you need to know about the new Amazon fulfillment center coming to Savannah GA |url=https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2021/05/11/new-amazon-fulfillment-center-savannah-ga-pooler-megasite-chatham-county-jobs/5038830001/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Savannah Morning News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blackstone |first=Lydia |date=2023-09-18 |title=Will Amazon packages be headed to your way quicker? new Amazon fulfillment center opens in Pooler |url=https://www.wjcl.com/article/amazon-opens-new-facility-in-pooler-meaning-packages-could-be-headed-to-your-doorstep-quicker/45196659 |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=WJCL |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-19 |title=New Amazon fulfillment center brings over 1,000 jobs and 4,000 robots to Port Wentworth |url=https://www.wsav.com/news/local-news/savannah/new-amazon-fulfillment-center-brings-over-1000-jobs-and-4000-robots-to-port-wentworth/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=WSAV-TV |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Prisons ===
The [[Georgia Department of Corrections]] operates the [[Coastal State Prison]] in Savannah.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.savannahga.gov/cityweb/CommServ.nsf/0/3fd39cb384a6334085256de20057df61/$FILE/neighborhoods08.pdf |title=City of Savannah Neighborhoods 2008 |publisher=City of Savannah |access-date=2010-09-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927152531/http://www.savannahga.gov/cityweb/CommServ.nsf/0/3fd39cb384a6334085256de20057df61/%24FILE/neighborhoods08.pdf |archive-date=September 27, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/FacilityMap/html/coastal_state_prison.html|title=Coastal State Prison|publisher=[[Georgia Department of Corrections]]|access-date=2010-09-15|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904045117/http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/FacilityMap/html/coastal_state_prison.html|archive-date=2010-09-04}}</ref>