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Castle Hill Water Tank, built in 1915, was a two and one-half million-gallon tank that went up on what was once Bryce Hospital property. The tank stood 60 feet high and was 72 feet in diameter and was built by Col. Woolsey Finnell.

At one time,…

The Tuscaloosa City Hall and market complex was constructed in 1889 and demolished in 1936. It was located on the corner of 6th Street and Greensboro Avenue at the present location of the Bama Theatre. The lower floors of the building housed a meat…

Ernest W. "Rainy" Collins (1911 - 2004) was mayor of Tuscaloosa from 1976-1981., elected from a field of 20 candidates after the death of Mayor C. Snow Hinton in office.

Collins' was unopposed in 1977 and was re-elected for a full term, which was…

From left to right are Alabama State Representative Edward D. "Big Ed" Robertson, Sam McGee, District 3; Charlie Allen, District 2; John "Redjohn" Puryear, Probate Judge and Robert Dewberry, District 1.

This photo was probably taken in the early…

Sheriff Palmer Morrison Watts was shot down in cold blood by notorious Tuscaloosa County outlaw Doc (Dock) Bigham when he and special revenue officers raided two big stills in the Piney Woods community of northern Tuscaloosa County. Bigham was…

C. Snow Hinton (1919-1976) was mayor of Tuscaloosa from 1969 to 1976.

Hinton's political career began when he was elected finance and water works commissioner in 1961. A businessman and member of a prominent local family, Hinton got into a runoff…

George Van Tassel (1913 - 2007) graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1939. He served in the European Theater in World War II and returned to Tuscaloosa where he was an attorney.

He was elected mayor of Tuscaloosa in 1956, to…

Tuscaloosa fire fighters demonstrate how to jump from a burning building. The fireman jumping was Leonard Robinson of Tuscaloosa.

The firefighters from the Old No. 2 Fire Station in Tuscaloosa had 100 percent participation in the United Fund Drive in 1955. The No. 2 Station was located on 10th Street (now Paul W. Bryant Drive) near Bryant Denny Stadium. Left are three United…

This 1830s painting of the intersection of 6th Street and Greensboro Avenue shows the Masonic Hall which was used as the County Court House, the town market and meeting hall, and the Episcopal Church.