Middle Bay Lighthouse

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blackball When i was a kid i wanted to move into the Middle bay light... i am surprised it is still standing Middle Bay Lighthouse, also known as Middle Bay Light and Mobile Bay Lighthouse, is a hexagonal-shaped screw-pile lighthouse with a lantern on top. It sits offshore from Mobile, Alabama in the center of Mobile Bay. The station was activated in 1885. In 1916 the keeper's wife gave birth to a baby that summer at the station. According to the Alabama Lighthouse Association web site, the keeper brought a dairy cow to the station and corralled it on a section of the lower deck because his wife was unable to nurse the newborn baby. All had to be evacuated when the station survived but was damaged by a hurricane that year. The light was automated in 1935. The lighthouse was deactivated in 1967. In 1984 the lighthouse was stabilized by Middle Bay Light Centennial Commission in preparation for the centennial celebration. Middle Bay Lighthouse was placed on National Register of Historic Places in 1985. In 1996 the Coast Guard loaned the original Fresnel lens to the Ft. Morgan Museum for public display. In 2002 restoration efforts were begun to repair the lighthouse. Middle Bay Lighthouse
Middle Bay Lighthouse Picture © David Rencher
Photo Taken March 22 2008:
When i was a kid i wanted to move into the Middle bay light... i am surprised it is still standing

Middle Bay Lighthouse, also known as Middle Bay Light and Mobile Bay Lighthouse, is a hexagonal-shaped screw-pile lighthouse with a lantern on top. It sits offshore from Mobile, Alabama in the center of Mobile Bay.

The station was activated in 1885. In 1916 the keeper's wife gave birth to a baby that summer at the station. According to the Alabama Lighthouse Association web site, the keeper brought a dairy cow to the station and corralled it on a section of the lower deck because his wife was unable to nurse the newborn baby. All had to be evacuated when the station survived but was damaged by a hurricane that year. The light was automated in 1935.

The lighthouse was deactivated in 1967. In 1984 the lighthouse was stabilized by Middle Bay Light Centennial Commission in preparation for the centennial celebration. Middle Bay Lighthouse was placed on National Register of Historic Places in 1985. In 1996 the Coast Guard loaned the original Fresnel lens to the Ft. Morgan Museum for public display. In 2002 restoration efforts were begun to repair the lighthouse.

Jessie Zenor wow!!!! that is awesome!!! where is it? i see middle bay, but where is that, mobile?
Posted by zenorschnitzel
David Rencher I added Geo Location so you should now be able to see a map
Posted by lumis
Jorge Lizana Beautiful light!! The World Through My Eyes
Posted by Jorge Lizana
Angela Munoz amazing capture. I would love to go there! The World Through My Eyes
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Jim Skea I do like it when a photo on Flickr surprises me. Good to see this original building. Its legs look quite fragile. I wonder how it stood the weather for so long. Nicely shot. -- Seen in The World Through My Eyes - Post 1 / Comment Any 1 (?)
Posted by Jim Skea
Cait Great photo, David, as usual.
Posted by styro
Coo!!! I want to go there some day.
Posted by Melodym1
Benjamin That would have been a very cool (if not inconvenient) place to live.
Posted by novakreo
Tom Great shot!! This is the shot I've always wanted, but I don't have a boat and so can't get out there.
Posted by DEJAVIEW
Sue Crocker Excellent shot.
Posted by shecodes
pete Thanks again for sharing the Mobile Bay area experience with everyone. I haven't made it out there yet. I never had a motor boat to explore in. My family did have a Sunfish (small sailboat). Mom would have been mad when I came home well after dinner time...
Posted by pete25r
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