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Mobile's Last Mule Car

 
 
Mobile's Last Mule Car Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Christopher Grimes, April 27, 2021
1. Mobile's Last Mule Car Marker
Inscription. Retired from the Toulminville - To - Lafayette Street run in 1904.

Restored by W.C. Martin in 1964. Building was erected in 1969, under the administration of

Commissioners: Lambert C. Mims
Arthur R. Outlaw
Joseph N. Langan

Proj. Arch'l. Engr., Michael A. Guarino P.E.
 
Erected 1964.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Railroads & StreetcarsRoads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1904.
 
Location. 30° 41.21′ N, 88° 2.615′ W. Marker is in Mobile, Alabama, in Mobile County. It is on South Claiborne Street, on the right when traveling south. Pavilion is on the East side of the Mobile Civic Center. The marker is on the North side of the pavilion on the fence. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 401 Civic Center Dr, Mobile AL 36602, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Alabama’s Gulf Coast and in the Mobile Bay area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere,

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the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Hernando de Soto (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Little Colt (about 700 feet away); Mobile's Spanish Fountain (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bernardo de Galvez (approx. 0.2 miles away); Le Marquis de Lafayette visited Mobile (approx. 0.2 miles away); Alfonse X (The Wise) (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Comic Cowboys of Mobile (approx. 0.2 miles away); Isabel La Catolica (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mobile.
 
Mobile's Last Mule Car and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Christopher Grimes, April 27, 2021
2. Mobile's Last Mule Car and Marker
Mobile's Last Mule Car East Side image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Christopher Grimes, April 27, 2021
3. Mobile's Last Mule Car East Side
Mobile's Last Mule Car West Side image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Christopher Grimes, April 27, 2021
4. Mobile's Last Mule Car West Side
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 1, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 29, 2021, by Christopher Grimes of Mobile, Alabama. This page has been viewed 765 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 29, 2021, by Christopher Grimes of Mobile, Alabama. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.
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