Savannah Line: "The Savannah Line" by Edward Mueller, First Edition published in 2001, softbound with 236 pages. When it was chartered in 1872, the Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah was the only coastal company with headquarters in the South. The Savannah Line flourished for 70 and proved to be a major trade and travel link between Georgia and the North. The line owned 18 ships over its existence. This book tells the full story of this famous line from its first tentative steps after the Civil War to its demise as a result of WW2.