The Alabama State Docks, ca. 1890. Mobile was an important port for the United States during the nineteenth century as steamboats opened upstream shipping routes.
State Docks, ca. 1890
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The Alabama State Docks, ca. 1890. Mobile was an important port for the United States during the nineteenth century as steamboats opened upstream shipping routes.