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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 There is only one active light in the state, though another has been replaced by a skeleton tower; a third still stands but is inactive.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.
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.
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]
Middle Bay Light, also known as Middle Bay Lighthouse and Mobile Bay Lighthouse, is an active hexagonal-shaped cottage style screw-pile lighthouse. The structure is located offshore from Mobile, Alabama , in the center of Mobile Bay .
Cape Fear Lighthouse was a coastal beacon built in 1903, replacing the Bald Head Lighthouse as the main navigation aid for Cape Fear and Frying Pan Shoals. It stood near the cape on Bald Head Island.
For "traditional" lighthouses, Point Retreat Light and Cape Spencer Light are tied at 25 ft (7.6 m) each. F. ^ These two lighthouses are tied at 115 ft (35 m) each. G. ^ The oldest lighthouse in Hawaii was called "Lahaina Lighthouse", which was built in 1905 before it was replaced. [50]
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 tours of the softly lit, 156-year-old lighthouse on the shore of the bay of Green Bay, which first shone its beacon Oct. 15, 1868, and recently completed the first phase of a restoration ...