We already got one copyright complainer over images and the whole site was yanked. AGAIN THIS SITE IS NON-COMMERCIAL. I have just tried to index some old parks and a little little bit of information. If credits are needed fine. If there are objections fine but please provide some proof something is YOURS. There are endless sites that want to sell old pictures.


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Monroe Park had Roller Coasters... Giant Coaster 1915-1920 and a Figure 8 1921-1930...


COFFIN, S. MAR Mr. Coffin, a master mechanic for the Mobile Light and Railroad Company from 1894 to 1926, photographed many of the company's activities. Pictured are views of various types of streetcars, their construction and repair at the Monroe Park shops, and the laying of track. Also included are numerous views of buildings and amusements at Monroe Park. Most of the 264 negatives have been printed. Selected images may be viewed on this website.---- an excerpt from Southern Alabama University website ----


Environmental Impact of 'State Docks' Plans for Monroe Park..

In August, the Mobile Press Register ran a series of articles in a Sunday edition about Mobile's Monroe Park. This area of 200-300 acres is the largest remaining green space along Mobile Bay within the city limits. At one time it was one of the centers of social life within the city but fell into disuse in the 1940's.

Alabama State Docks now has clear title to nearly all of Monroe Park. The Docks plans on building a rail yard there to support a shipping container facility at nearby Choctaw Point. Details can be found at the State Docks website. Their plan also requires filling in substantial wetlands.

The Corps of Engineers has scheduled two "open-house public workshops" to present the Environment Impact Statements (EIS) for the planned container port terminal on the old Monroe Park site. The workshops will be at the Mobile Convention Center on Thursday, November 7, from 4 pm to 7 pm. One workshop will present the EIS for the Arlington and Garrows Bend Channels, and the other will present the EIS for Choctaw Point. The workshops will meet in Rooms 203A and 203B. "Project managers and key personnel for both EIS projecs will be present to answer questions from the general public," states the public notice.......



"Mobile, Ala.--Monroe Park." Wonderful view of family with lots of detail of park at that time. Man in background looks like a maintenance worker. Frascati Park, with its summer theater, concerts and bathing on the western shore of Mobile bay, was the star attraction until it was destroyed by a storm in 1893. Monroe Park, just south of the city, soon took its place, becoming something of a Coney Island of the South with a baseball field, zoo, carousel, arcade and other amusements. The site is now prime industrial land nestled amid the State Docks.