• One of the finest Motor Lodges in the South • 27 Modern Units T.V. & phone in every room • Swimming Pool • Air-conditioned • Wall-to-wall carpets • Ceramic tile baths • Baby beds • Restaurant adjoining • Troy's newest • Phone 2175.
One of the finest Motor Lodges in the South • 42 Modern Units • T.V. & phone in every room • Swimming Pool • Air-conditioned • Wall-to-wall carpets • Ceramic tile baths • Baby beds • Restaurant adjoining • Phone 566-4090.
The John H. Bankhead Tunnel in Mobile, Alabama was built in sections and floated to the proper positions, then sunk, and the sections were joined underwater. It was completed in 1940. The entrances and the toll-booth were designed in an elegant art deco style. The tunnel was designed by Oliver Fowlkes and construction directed by Wayne Palmer of Mobile.
In 1977 it shows up in Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and in 1991 in "Stone Cold".
BANKHEAD TUNNEL, MOBILE, ALABAMA ... Underneath the Mobile River, connecting Government Street with U. S. Highway 90, East. This 3,389 foot long underwater tunnel was completed in 1941 at a cost of $4,000,000 and is 49 feet below mean high water level of the river.
Bankhead Tunnel, named after a distinguished Alabama statesman, is the first engineering feat of its kind in the deep South. A four million dollar self-liquidating traffic artery under Mobile River, which reduces by seven and one half miles the distance between the city and points north and east on the Old Spanish Trail. Total length 3,389 feet, under river portion 1,147 feet, width of roadway 21 feet, headroom 13 feet 6 inches. Opened to traffic Feb. 20, 1941.
The Club Inc. is situated high atop Red Mountain, overlooking the delightfully jeweled Birmingham skyline. This site affords a breathtaking view of a busy city, with its multitude of bright lights and the mighty and ever-colorful blast furnaces of the steel industry.
In 1947, Robert S. Smith from Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, hired the young and talented architect John Davis to build a unique private club atop Red Mountain. Davis envisioned a contemporary design of cantilevered roofs, white stucco walls, and parabolic forms, while the interior design and furniture bared the signature of Georgia Schmidt. The window shades were woven by Dorothy Liebert. The club opened in 1951 and was expanded in 1957, 1966, 1978 and 1985 and still stands today.
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HURRICANE CREEK PARK
Highway 31, six miles north of Cullman, Alabama
South's most spectacular observation platform, which looks several hundred feet down the gorge. Regular tour of swinging bridges, unusual rock formations, overhanging rock cliffs, "the de swimmin' hole", Satan's Staircase, cave, waterfalls, plus side trip hiking trails. Picnic tables. Souvenirs. Bring your camera. Open year round, sunrise to sunset.
This unique attraction opened on May 15, 1966, adjacent to the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park. The complex had a gate with a train going through it, a mock-up station with another train and a museum presenting the history of Alabama.
ALABAMA HISTORAMA, located on the Battleship Parkway, adjacent to the enshrined Battleship USS Alabama, is a unique attraction. Visited by people from all over the U.S. and the world, a trip to the South is not complete without taking a tour through the Historama. Bring your camera. Open all day—every day—year 'round.
Serving Alabama Historama, adjacent to the Battleship USS ALABAMA Park. Enjoy the view of the Park and the Mobile skyline from the train. You'll also thrill to the action-packed dramatic history of Alabama inside Alabama Historama.
Serving Alabama Historama, adjacent to the Battleship USS ALABAMA Park. Enjoy the view of the Park and the Mobile skyline from the train. You'll also thrill to the action-packed dramatic history of Alabama inside Alabama Historama.
This is one of the many outdoor displays provided to enlighten, encourage and inspire visitors to the area. Sights like this, provide a feeling of safety and security that you can't purchase with a can of insecticide.
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