Cochrane Bridge, Mobile, Alabama
Color print view of Cochrane Bridge located over Mobile Bay in Mobile, AL. Cars on bridge crossing over the bay. Large metal trusses forming a tunnel over the bridge. Divided back postcard.Printed on front: 'Cochrane Bridge, Mobile, Ala. -- 80'. Printed on back: 'Cochrane Bridge, acro...
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Wade Hall Postcard Collection |
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Troy University Library |
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Troy University Library |
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Alabama postcards |
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Alabama postcards Cochrane Bridge, Mobile, Alabama E. C. Kropp Co. |
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Alabama postcards Mobile (Ala.); Bridges -- Alabama Geography and Environment -- Human Environment -- Cities and Towns Alabama; Mobile; Mobile Bay; Bridges Cities & towns; Bridges; Bays (Bodies of water)--Alabama For information on using this for a K-12 assignment, go to Alabama Moments in American History. |
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Color print view of Cochrane Bridge located over Mobile Bay in Mobile, AL. Cars on bridge crossing over the bay. Large metal trusses forming a tunnel over the bridge. Divided back postcard.Printed on front: 'Cochrane Bridge, Mobile, Ala. -- 80'. Printed on back: '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 the Old Spanish Trail connecting Mobile, Alabama, with Pensacola, Florida. The center span of this bridge is one block long and lifts vertically, 135 feet above the water allowing passage of the largest steamships.' , 'Made in the U.S.A. By E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee', '14699'. |
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Cochrane Bridge, Mobile, AlabamaColor print view of Cochrane Bridge located over Mobile Bay in Mobile, AL. Cars on bridge crossing over the bay. Large metal trusses forming a tunnel over the bridge. Divided back postcard.Printed on front: 'Cochrane Bridge, Mobile, Ala. -- 80'. Printed on back: '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 the Old Spanish Trail connecting Mobile, Alabama, with Pensacola, Florida. The center span of this bridge is one block long and lifts vertically, 135 feet above the water allowing passage of the largest steamships.' , 'Made in the U.S.A. By E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee', '14699'. E. C. Kropp Co.19302005Troy University Library Mobile (Ala.); Bridges -- AlabamaGeography and Environment -- Human Environment -- Cities and TownsAlabama; Mobile; Mobile Bay; BridgesCities & towns; Bridges; Bays (Bodies of water)--AlabamaFor information on using this for a K-12 assignment, go to Alabama Moments in American History.This collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. copyright law.Wade Hall Postcard Collection, Troy University Library, Special Collections.Troy University (Troy, Ala.) Library; University of Alabama Library (Digitization)Box 3, ADAtscwhp001387ADAtscwhp001387.1, ADAtscwhp001387.2imageengjpeghttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/troy2/id/4221 |
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Cochrane Bridge, Mobile, Alabama |
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E. C. Kropp Co. |
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E. C. Kropp Co. |
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