Piers A and B, Alabama state docks, Mobile, Ala.
Title
Piers A and B , Alabama state docks , Mobile , Ala .
Description
Ships of various sizes at docks . Text on verso reads , "A view of one of the large slips of the new docks system which was constructed at the Port of Mobile by the State of Alabama at a cost of $10,000,000 . This slip is 1,500 feet deep and 350 feet wide . Five steamers can be berthed on either side of the slip . Steamers shown on the right are loading cotton from the immense cotton warehouse on the pier. " Made by E.C . Kropp Co. , no . 26705 . Postmarked 1932 on verso . Number 85 in a series .
Subject
Ships Shipping Harbors Piers & wharves Cotton industry Port of Mobile
Location Depicted
Mobile (Ala.)
Date Original
1932?
Object Type
Postcards
Source
3x5 color postcard, made by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Item no. 008.096 in the Newton Owen Postcard Collection, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center
Citation Information
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Collection
Newton Owen Postcard Collection, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/ulua001/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Archives and Records Center
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULUA.008.096
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