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Mobile Middle Bay Light

Nearest Town or City:	Mobile Alabama United States
Location:	Mobile Harbor / midpoint of the Mobile Bay ship channel.
Managing Organization:	Alabama Historical Commission
Website:	http://www.preserveala.org
Notes:	Mobile Middle Bay Light was damaged in a 1916 hurricane. It was restored by the Middle Bay Light Centennial Committee in 1984, and stabilized in 1993. A new renovation begun in September 2002 was completed in 2003. As part of the renovation a skeletal tower holding the light atop the lighthouse was replaced by a shorter mast.
Tower Height:	48
Operational:	Yes
Date Established:	1885 (12/1/1885)
Date Present Tower Built:	1905
Current Use:	Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public:	No.
Directions:	Accessible by boat only. Cruises offered by Making Waves Charters provide views; see www.schoonerjoshua.com/fishing.html or email makewaves@earthlink.net, or call 251-443-9463. Map It!
Characteristic Range:	Red flash every 6 seconds.
Other Buildings:	1905 1.5 story hexagonal wood keeper's quarters integral to tower; foundation: screw piling with platform.
Date Automated:	1935
Optics:	1885: fourth order Fresnel lens (now on display at Fort Morgan Museum); now 155 mm (hazard warning)
Height Focal Plane:	48
National Register:	Yes
Alternate Name1:	Middle Bay Light
Telephone:	3342423184
Contact Address:	468 South Perry Street
City:	Montgomery
State:	Alabama
Postal Code:	361300900
Country:	United States
Date Deactivated:	1967

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