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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:
The 1873 tower was replaced by skeletal tower in 1966 and dismantled in 1979. It was later reassembled near the entrance to Fort Morgan's visitor parking lot. Phone for Fort Morgan: (334) 540-7125.
Tower Height: 30
Description of Tower: Black steel skeletal tower.
This light is not operational
Other Buildings?
1872 keeper's house (two story wood bungalow), small brick building (possibly oil house).
Date Established: 1821
Date Present Tower Built: 1873
Tower Moved?
yes (1873 tower moved 1980s)
Date Deactivated: 1966 (1873 tower)
Date Automated: 1981 (skeletal tower)
Optics: 1858 fourth order Fresnel; 1981: DCB 24
Current Use: Active aid to navigation; state historic site.
Open To Public? Grounds only.
Directions:
At Fort Morgan Historic Site, Route 180 West. Also accessible by Mobile Bay Ferry from Fort Gaines. Phone for ferry: (800) 634-4027.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Keepers: Major Thomas Belton (c. 1820s)
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