Alabama Light Stations

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MOBILE MIDDLE BAY LIGHT

MOBILE HARBOR/MOBILE BAY
Station Established: 1885
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1885
Operational? NO
Automated? YES 1935
Deactivated: 1967
Foundation Materials: SCREW PILING W/PLATFORM
Construction Materials: WOOD
Tower Shape: HEXAGONAL W/OUT LANTERN
Markings/Pattern: WHITE DWELLING/RED PILES
Relationship to Other Structure: INTEGRAL
Original Lens: 1885


MOBILE POINT (RANGE REAR) LIGHT

RELOCATED FROM MOBILE BAY ENTRANCE
Station Established: 1821
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1873
Operational? NO
Automated? NO
Deactivated: 1966
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: IRON
Tower Shape: SKELETAL
Markings/Pattern: BLACK
Relationship to Other Structure: SEPARATE
Original Lens: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL 1858


SAND ISLAND LIGHT

OFF MOBILE POINT SOUTH OF FORT
Station Established: 1838
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1873
Operational? NO
Automated? YES 1921
Deactivated: 1933
Foundation Materials: STONE
Construction Materials: BROWNSTONE
Tower Shape: CONICAL
Markings/Pattern: UNPAINTED GOTHIC TOWER W/BLACK LANTERN
Relationship to Other Structure: SEPARATE
Original Lens: SECOND ORDER, FRESNEL 1873

  
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