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Try unloading a lighthouse. Saddled with buildings, properties and land it can't use, the U.S. government is ready to deal -- which spells opportunity for buyers with a little imagination. Check ...
If you want to relocate to the keeper's dwelling of a giant cylindrical structure that guided ships to safety in pre-GPS times on some barren stretch of rocky coastline, you can make that dream a...
This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Alabama as identified by the United States Coast Guard and other historical sources. There is only one active light in the state, though another has been replaced by a skeleton tower; a third still stands but is inactive. The rest have all been destroyed.
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Articles about lighthouses in the U.S. state of Alabama. For a manually maintained list, complete with yet-to-be-written articles, see Lighthouses in the United States . Subcategories
The first lighthouse on Sand Island, constructed by Winslow Lewis in 1837, was a 55-foot (17 m) structure completed in 1839. The lighting was provided by 14 lamps in 16-inch reflectors and a first-order lens, known as the Lewis lamp, which was a poorly designed version, or Argand-style lamp. [4]
Alabama: Lighthouse Estate. Inland Alabama doesn’t seem like a great place for a lighthouse, but the improbable location didn’t faze the sea-obsessed builder of this six-bedroom, 18,000-square ...
The Mobile Point Range Lights were a series of lighthouses at the entrance to Mobile Bay, at Mobile Point on the tip of the Fort Morgan peninsula, near Mobile, Alabama, United States. The first lighthouse was built as a landfall light by June 1822 at a cost of $9,995. [1] The lighthouse was a conical brick masonry tower, 40 feet (12 m) tall. It ...