MOBILE MIDDLE BAY

Year Established:
1885
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2014
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
MOBILE HARBOR/MOBILE BAY
Latitude:
33° 16.1'
Longitude:
88° 0.4'
City / Town:
MOBILE
U.S. State:
Alabama
Location County:
MOBILE
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. MOBILE MIDDLE BAY
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1967
Year Tower Established:
1885
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD
Tower Foundation:
SCREW PILING W/PLATFORM
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
54
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
54
Tower Shape:
HEXAGONAL W/OUT LANTERN
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1905
Keeper's Quarters Style:
INTEGRAL TO TOWER
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Current Optic:
155 MM (HAZARD WARNING)
Year Original Lens Installed:
1885
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017