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Alabama Yesterdays: Random wanderings through Alabama history

Showing posts with label railroad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label railroad. Show all posts
Sunday, July 14, 2024

Six Thousand Attend Birmingham Rally in 1935

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For more than a year now my brother Richard and I have been conducting a deep dive into the massive amount of family memorabilia at mom'...
Friday, January 27, 2017

Another Lunch at the Helena Depot

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Eating a good meal in the midst of some history is always fun. Recently Dianne and I had lunch at The Depot Deli & Grill in Helena . We...
Friday, October 21, 2016

Birmingham Photo of the Day (52): Railroad Reservation

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One of the big events in recent Birmingham history was the opening of Railroad Park in downtown in September 2010. The park was created fro...
Thursday, May 7, 2015

Birmingham Photos of the Day (32): Railway, Power & Light Company in 1908

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These photos continue the series from the  1908 book  Views of Birmingham . As befits the topic's importance to the city, nine photograp...
Monday, March 2, 2015

Pondering Alabama Maps (5): An 1867 Railroad Map

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  The wordy title of this map is "Map showing the line of the Alabama & Tennessee River Rail Road and its proposed extens...
Thursday, October 16, 2014

Some History in Tuscaloosa, Alberta & Northport

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In late August my wife Dianne, daughter Becca Leon and I spent a morning taking in some historic places in Tuscaloosa, Alberta and Northport...
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