Type:
Year Established:
1838
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
Sand Island AL 1963 - USCG_0.jpg (1.27 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1963
Photo Credit:
U.S. Coast Guard
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. COAST GUARD
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
OFF MOBILE POINT SOUTH OF FORT
Latitude:
30° 11.16'
Longitude:
88° 03.02'
City / Town:
GULF SHORES
U.S. State:
Alabama
Location County:
BALDWIN
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1933
Year Tower Established:
1873
Tower Construction Material:
BROWNSTONE
Tower Foundation:
STONE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
131
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
125
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Tower Daymark:
Black
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1881
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
MASONRY GOTHIC
OPTICS
Current Optic:
REMOVED
Original Optic Type:
Reflectors later SECOND ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1873
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017