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Mobile

Industrial city and administrative headquarters of Mobile County, southwest Alabama, USA, at the mouth of the Mobile River, on the northwest shore of Mobile Bay, 48 km/30 mi from the Gulf of Mexico; population (2000 est) 198,900. It is the only seaport in Alabama. Industries include meatpacking and the manufacture of wood products, aircraft engines, chemical and petroleum products, computer equipment, and textiles.

History

Founded 1702 by the French a little to the north of the present city, Mobile was capital of the French colony of Louisiana until 1763. It was then governed by Britain (1763-80) and Spain (1780-1813), before being claimed by the USA. It developed as a shipping centre for cotton, lumber, and farm produce, trading with Europe and the West Indies. During the Civil War it continued in this role, despite the Federal blockade, until the Battle of Mobile Bay, in August 1864; the city surrendered in March 1865.

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An important tourist centre, Mobile is noted for its Mardi Gras (first held here in 1703) and for its 60-km/37-mi Azalea Trail (the flowers having been grown here since 1754). The city is home to Spring Hill College (1830), Mobile College (1961), and the University of South Alabama (1963). The historic battleship, USS Arizona, is one of 102 entries on the national register of historic places.

mobile

In music, a piece consisting of sections, the order of which may be varied at will or according to rules of association, so named after the example of Alexander Calder's mobile sculpture. Examples include Henri Pousseur's Mobile for two pianos 1956-58, and Mobile for Shakespeare 1959 by Roman Haubenstock-Ramati. See also aleatory music.



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