Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Alabama Lighthouses--Mobile Point (Range Rear) Light

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MOBILE POINT (RANGE REAR) LIGHT

State: ALABAMA
Location: RELOCATED FROM MOBILE BAY ENTRANCE
Nearest City: GULF SHORES
County: BALDWIN
U.S.C.G. District: 8
Year Station Established: 1821

Photo courtesy of Ted Smith.

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1873
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1966
Automated:
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: IRON
Markings/Patterns: BLACK
Shape: SKELETAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 30
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1858
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed: 1966
Height of Focal Plane:
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FOURTH ORDER FRESNEL REMOVED TO FORT MORGAN MUSEUM IN 1966
Has tower been moved? YES

Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? YES

Year Tower Constructed: 1966
Type: STEEL SKELETAL ON CONCRETE FOUNDATION
Tower Height: 120
Height of Focal Plane: 125
Current Optic: DCB 24 Year Installed: 1981

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1872
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: BUNGALOW
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: SMALL BRICK BUILDING, POSSIBLY OIL HOUSE

Current Use: STATE HISTORIC SITE

Owner/Manager: ALABAMA HISTORICAL COMMISSION

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Non-NPS Web Site:

National Register Status: PART OF LISTING Reference #66000146
Name of Listing: FORT MORGAN
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
1873 TOWER DISMANTLED 1979, TOWER LATER RIGHTED AND RESTORED NEAR ENTRANCE TO FORT'S VISITOR PARKING LOT

Last Modified: Wed, Dec 12 2001 2:30:02 pm EDT
HPB/JMP

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