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Historic Alabama: Six decades of construction

Today, Brasfield & Gorrie tops our list of the largest general contractors in Alabama.

Retrospect: The Lightning Route

Montgomery set the pace with electrified streetcar system.

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Historic Alabama: From the bedrock

The Alamet Division of Calumet and Hecla in Selma processed dolomite from Shelby County to produce magnesium.

Retrospect: The rise and fall of Huntsville’s Hotel Monte Sano

The Queen Anne-style, 200-room Hotel Monte Sano stood from 1886 to the early 1940s.

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Retrospect: Robert Wilby — an Alabama “movie man”

Robert Bailey Wilby found new ways to entice patrons to the theaters under his care.

Historic Alabama: Carrying the weight

Blount Brothers Construction Co. builds the Alabama River bridge.

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