&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Sandislandal1962_300.jpg) Sand Island lighthouse - 1962 | |
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| Location | Sand Island Mobile County Alabama United States |
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| Coordinates | 30°11′16″N 88°03′02″W / 30.18778°N 88.05056°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1838 (first) 1859 (second) 1864 (third) |
| Foundation | stone |
| Construction | brownstone tower |
| Automated | 1948 |
| Height | 131 feet (40 m) |
| Shape | tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | unpainted tower, black lantern, and balcony |
| Operator | Town of Dauphin Island[1] |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Fog signal | bell struck every 20 seconds |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1873 (current) |
| Deactivated | 1971 |
| Focal height | 38 m (125 ft) |
| Lens | 1838: 14 lamps with 16-inch reflectors 1859: First order Fresnel lens 1862-63: Fourth order Fresnel lens 1873: Second order Fresnel lens, now at the Fort Morgan Museum |
| Range | 0 miles (0 km) |
| Characteristic | F W |
Sand Island Light | |
| Nearest city | Fort Morgan, Alabama |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 75000305[2] |
| Added to NRHP | November 12, 1975 |
Sand Island Light, also known as Sand Island Lighthouse (and historical light station), is a decommissioned lighthouse located at the southernmost point of the state of Alabama, United States, near Dauphin Island, at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama, United States. It is located roughly 3 mi (4.8 km) offshore from the primary Mobile Bay entrance, bounded on the east by Mobile Point and on the west by Dauphin Island.[3] The lighthouse is 132 feet (40 m) high.
- ^ 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. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Sand Island, AL". LighhouseFriends.com. Retrieved 22 April 2007.