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Managing Organization:
Alabama Historical Commission
Telephone: 334-242-3184
Website: http://www.preserveala.org
Contact Address Information:
468 South Perry Street
Montgomery
Alabama, 36130-0900, United States
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
Height of Focal Plane: 48
Description of Tower: Mast on roof of dwelling.
This light is not operational
Other Buildings?
1905 1.5 story hexagonal wood keeper's quarters integral to tower; foundation: screw piling with platform.
Date Established: 1885 (12/1/1885)
Date Present Tower Built: 1905
Date Deactivated: 1967
Date Automated: 1935
Optics: 1885: fourth order Fresnel lens (now on display at Fort Morgan Museum); now 155 mm (hazard warning)
Current Use: Under restoration.
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.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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