History · Edgewater
A history of Edgewater,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Edgewater from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
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The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Edgewater was originally built as a company town by Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.
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Finish Edgewater’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewOBLIQUE VIEW, TCI DOUBLE THREE-RO…, 1993: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Edgewater
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Edgewater, decade by decade
1990s5 items
CommonsOBLIQUE VIEW, TCI DOUBLE THREE-ROOM HOUSE WITH STEEL ROOF A…1993
CommonsOBLIQUE VIEW, TCI DOUBLE TWO-ROOM HOUSE WITH SIDE PORCHES A…1993
CommonsOBLIQUE VIEW, TCI DOUBLE TWO-ROOM HOUSE WITH STEEL ROOF AND…1993
CommonsOBLIQUE VIEW, TCI TWO-ROOM HOUSE WITH MULTIPLE LATER ADDITI…1993
CommonsOBLIQUE VIEW, TCI TWO-ROOM HOUSE WITH STEEL ROOF AND ORIGIN…1993Date
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Tornado Damage Birmingham and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.