Choctaw Point

Year Established:
1831
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1854
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Credit:
USLHB
Photo Courtesy of:
National Archives NA 26-LG-35-55b
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Head of the Bay at Choctaw Point
Latitude:
30 40.11'
Longitude:
88 01.06'
City / Town:
Mobile
U.S. State:
Alabama
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Choctaw Point
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1860s
Year Tower Established:
1831
Tower Construction Material:
Brick
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
45
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
43
Tower Shape:
Octagonal
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Comments:

Optic retrofitted in 1857 to a 4th order Fresnel.

The Lighthouse Board requested $6,500 from the U.S. Congress to erect a 45-foot brick tower south of Mobile, at a site known as Choctaw Point in 1831. Choctaw Point marks where the Dog River enters Mobile Bay. The structure was completed in 1831 but failed to be of value to mariners because they could not navigate the bay's narrow channels. A gale in 1860, followed by the Civil War, caused the Choctaw Point light to be abandoned. The property on which the light stood later became the depot for the Lighthouse Service.


Entered by:
candace
Entered Date:
Aug 17, 2017