Tag: Historic Alabama
Historic Alabama: Training Future Engineers
A look inside a classroom at Tuskegee Institute in 1902.
Historic Alabama: Young Workers
Photographer Lewis Wickes Hine documented young workers at the Alabama Canning Company in 1911.
Historic Alabama: Documenting Workers
A photo of working conditions at Barker Cotton Mills in Mobile in 1914.
Historic Alabama: Traveling on the River
Wheeler Dam, in north Alabama, turns 90 this year.
Historic Alabama: Ship shape in Decatur
Ingalls Shipbuilding operated a shipyard in Decatur from the 1930s until 1980.
Historic Alabama: Nitrate production comes to the Shoals
Two nitrate plants and a dam were created to support the war effort.
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.
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.
Historic Alabama: Prattville Mercantile Company
A spa in Prattville now operates in a building that dates back to 1855.