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The drawbridge across the Black Warrior River at dusk.

The drawbridge that connected Northport and Tuscaloosa was built in 1922 at a cost of about $200,000 and was the sixth bridge built over the Black Warrior River at Tuscaloosa. S.P. "Bill"…

The drawbridge connecting Tuscaloosa and Northport is reflected in the Black Warrior River. The Mobile & Ohio Railroad Bridge is in the background.

The drawbridge that connected Northport and Tuscaloosa was built in 1922 at a cost of about…

The drawbridge that connected Northport and Tuscaloosa was built in 1922 at a cost of about $200,000 and was the sixth bridge built over the Black Warrior River at Tuscaloosa. S.P. "Bill" Faucett, of Northport, was the first motorist to cross the new…

Modes of transportation merge in this photo with the Dummy Line train proceeding east on Broad Street (now University Boulevard), a horse and wagon on the right and what appears to be construction in preparation for paving at the corner of Market…

F. W. Monnish stands near the front of the steam engine of the Dummy Line, Tuscaloosa's first transit system that didn't require horses. Sage A. Monnish, son of F. W. Monnish, is shown in the window of the train. Sage died in 1908 at the age of…

The "Dummy" proceeds west down Broad Street (now University Boulevard) past the Post Office/ City Hall building. The Dummy trains were so noisy, they could be heard from one end of town to the other. The line circled the city and went out to…

Streetcar service began in 1883 with the arrival of the town’s first horsecar trolley. Operated by the Tuskaloosa Street Railway, streetcars were pulled on rail by mules and mustangs.
The steam dummy train began operation in 1888 by the Tuskaloosa…

The Empire Coke Company was located along the Black Warrior River north of Tuscaloosa at Holt from 1903 to 2004. The company produced industrial coke for steel mills.

This excursion boat is at Lock 17 on the Black Warrior River near Tuscaloosa.

In 1886, the U. S. Congress authorized constructing three locks overcoming the Tuscaloosa Falls, a series of rock rapids falling 25 feet in about two miles. Locks 1, 2,…

The first automobile in Tuscaloosa County to be issued a license plate is parked (probably) at Mr. Persinger's warehouse on the Warrior River. The car was said to have license plate number 1.