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Retrospect: Alabama’s Loom Towns

Avondale Mills was founded in Birmingham in 1897 but at its height employed 7,000 workers throughout the state.

New airport store celebrates U.S. Civil Rights Trail

A new store at the Birmingham Shuttlesworth International Airport features items commemorating the people and places of the civil rights movement

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The Yuille Family & the Mobile Steam Bakery

Started by Gavin Yuille, and maintained by two subsequent generations, Yuille’s Mobile Steam Bakery survived for nearly a century. 

Brewton’s T.R. Miller Mill celebrates a century-and-a-half

At 150 years old, T.R. Miller Mill Co. is one of the 150 largest softwood lumber producers in America. Pictured is the company's first log truck.

Historic Alabama: Ingalls Iron Works

A glimpse at Ingalls Iron Works in 1944

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Historic Alabama: The Tutwiler Hotel

The original Tutwiler Hotel was constructed in 1913 and razed in 1974

Retrospect: Construction of the Alabama Midland Railroad

In the 1880s, the Alabama Midland Railroad took shape. It stretched from Montgomery to Bainbridge, Georgia, cutting through the Wiregrass.

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