 Middle Bay Light in Mobile Bay, near Mobile, Alabama. | |
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| Location | Middle of Mobile Bay, Mobile Bay, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 30°26′17.60″N 88°0′40.48″W / 30.4382222°N 88.0112444°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1885 |
| Foundation | screw piles |
| Construction | wooden screw-pile lighthouse |
| Automated | 1935 |
| Height | 41 feet (12 m) |
| Shape | hexagonal frustum structure with platform, keeper’s quarter and mast with beacon centered on the roof |
| Markings | white lighthouse |
| Power source | solar power  |
| Operator | Alabama Historical Commission[1] |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 48 feet (15 m) |
| Lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens (1885), 155 mm solar-powered lens (current) |
| Range | 4 nmi (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl R 6s., bell struck by machinery every 5 seconds. |
Middle Bay Light | |
 Middle Bay Light circa 1940. | |
| Architect | Captain John Grant |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000429[2] |
| Added to NRHP | December 30, 1974 |
Middle Bay Light, also known as Middle Bay Lighthouse and Mobile Bay Lighthouse, is an active hexagonal-shaped cottage style screw-pile lighthouse. The structure is located offshore from Mobile, Alabama, in the center of Mobile Bay.[3][4][5]
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Alabama". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 19.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ (2010-03-10). "Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Maine". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.