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Historic Alabama: Carrying the weight

Blount Brothers Construction Co. builds the Alabama River bridge.

Alabama’s Olympic connections

From athletes to training facilities, the world's biggest sporting event looms large in state.

Historic Alabama: The Foremost Dairies plant

A look inside the Foremost Dairies plant in Montgomery in 1961.

Fourth-generation family business is making highways safer

Alabama Guardrail celebrates its 50th year, specializing in highway guardrails, median cables and overhead signs.

Historic Alabama: Cotton in Montgomery

Cotton, and lots of it, was typically seen in Court Square in Montgomery in the early 1900s.

Historic Alabama: Chemistry for the front lines

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'s plant in Gadsden relied on women to fill its chemistry lab during World War II.

State to buy Orange Beach toll bridge

The state of Alabama has announced plans to purchase a toll bridge connecting the Foley Beach Express to the beach in Orange Beach.

Angels & Company’s clothing line stitches Monroeville’s past and present

Angels & Company in Monroeville draws upon the experience of seamstresses in the area to make its heirloom children's clothing

Historic Alabama: One of the longest curved bridges in U.S.

The Benjamin Fitzpatrick Bridge, currently undergoing maintenance, was dedicated in 1940.

Historic Alabama: Poultry processing in Jasper

Marshall Durbin's new poultry processing plant could process 9,600 birds an hour in 1959.

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