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[[File:Aeromarine Eastwood.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Aeromarin's Eastwood Mall showroom]] | [[File:Aeromarine Eastwood.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Aeromarin's Eastwood Mall showroom]] | ||
The '''Aeromarine Supply Company''' | The '''Aeromarine Supply Company''' is a sporting goods retailer founded by [[Robert Wood]] in the 1940s. The original store was located at 5701 [[Airport Highway]] in [[Woodlawn neighborhood|Woodlawn]]. [[James Earl Ray]] purchased a Remington hunting rifle at that location on [[March 30]], [[1968]]. He later used that gun to kill [[Martin Luther King Jr]] in Memphis, Tennessee. | ||
The company also opened a boat showroom at [[Eastwood Mall]] in the 1960s. | |||
Aeromarine was most recently located at 4400 [[Valley Road (Trussville)|Valley Road]] in [[Trussville]], where it now does business as the '''Logan Martin Boating Center'''. | Aeromarine was most recently located at 4400 [[Valley Road (Trussville)|Valley Road]] in [[Trussville]], where it now does business as the '''Logan Martin Boating Center'''. | ||
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Revision as of 15:42, 18 June 2017
The Aeromarine Supply Company is a sporting goods retailer founded by Robert Wood in the 1940s. The original store was located at 5701 Airport Highway in Woodlawn. James Earl Ray purchased a Remington hunting rifle at that location on March 30, 1968. He later used that gun to kill Martin Luther King Jr in Memphis, Tennessee.
The company also opened a boat showroom at Eastwood Mall in the 1960s.
Aeromarine was most recently located at 4400 Valley Road in Trussville, where it now does business as the Logan Martin Boating Center.
References
- Sides, Hampton (2010) Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin. New York, New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0385523920