Type:
Year Established:
1872
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
076A_Battery_Gladden_AL_1900_CG2.jpg (4.21 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1900
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Establishment
Photo Courtesy of:
National Archives
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
East of Choctaw Point/mobile Bay
Latitude:
30° 40.00'
Longitude:
88° 1.00'
U.S. State:
Alabama
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1913
Year Tower Established:
1872
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
SCREW PILE W/PLATFORM
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
45.5
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
41
Tower Shape:
SQUARE SKELETAL
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1872
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
Lens Lantern
Year Original Lens Installed:
1872
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018
CONFEDERATE FORT; Screw-pile lighthouse substitute for old Choctaw Point light; FRONT RANGE ERECTED 1887