MOBILE POINT (RANGE REAR)

Year Established:
1822
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
RELOCATED FROM MOBILE BAY ENTRANCE
Latitude:
30° 13.7'
Longitude:
88° 1.5'
City / Town:
GULF SHORES
U.S. State:
Alabama
Location County:
BALDWIN
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
Yes
Light List Data:
  1. MOBILE POINT (RANGE REAR)
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1966
Year Tower Established:
1873
Tower Construction Material:
IRON
Tower Foundation:
CONCRETE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
49
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
30
Tower Shape:
SKELETAL
Tower Daymark:
Brown
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1873
Keeper's Quarters Style:
BUNGALOW
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
Other Structures:
SMALL BRICK BUILDING, POSSIBLY OIL HOUSE

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Current Optic:
REMOVED
Original Optic Type:
Reflectors later FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1858
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

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