"With 110,000 horsepower generating capacity, this was Alabama's pioneer large power development. The Company's total generating capacity, both hydro and steam, is over two million horsepower. The Company operates six hydro and six steam generating...
"This view shows the Mobile River span of the Cochrane Bridge across the headwaters of Mobile Bay. The total length of this bridge is 10.7 miles and it is an important link in the Old Spanish Trail between Mobile, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida....
"Cochrane Bridge, across the headwaters of Mobile Bay, is 10 1/2 miles long, and cost $2,500,000. It crosses the mouth of five rivers, emptying into Mobile Bay, and is one of the longest bridges of its kind in the world. It is an important link in...
Loading cotton onto the steamboat "Magnolia" on the Alabama River. The cotton bales are delivered to the pier through a long chute. From the Illustrated London News.
Loading cotton onto the steamboat "Magnolia" on the Alabama River. The cotton bales are delivered to the pier through a long chute. From the Illustrated London News.