To conserve steel during World War I, Mobile shipbuilders turned to an unlikely building material: concrete. On June 28, 1919, the first concrete-hulled ship built in Mobile, the USS Selma, was ...

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FORT WALTON BEACH — Frederick G. Hodgson passed away in 1917 at what today seems a tender age of 57, having attained high honors as a U.S. Army officer and earned the undying respect of his peers. "He ...

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Wet concrete has been poured into buildings, roads, bridges and more for centuries. Structures using concrete have survived wars and natural disasters, outlasting many of the civilizations that built ...