Image from Simplon Postcards, with permission.
Why it was renamed Mobile is not explained, nor why it was Cleveland in the first place. There is a Cleveland in north-east England (Redcar is the principal borough town in Redcar & Cleveland, once North Yorkshire), but it's much more likely that it was named for Cleveland in Ohio.
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