Middle Bay Light, Wooden lighthouse in Mobile Bay, Alabama
Middle Bay Light features a hexagonal wooden structure mounted on screw piles, rising 14.5 meters above the waters of Mobile Bay.
The lighthouse, constructed in 1885, marked a newly dredged 17-foot channel that allowed large vessels to reach the Port of Mobile.
The Middle Bay Light served as a testament to late 19th-century engineering, with its wooden construction and precise installation settling only three inches off level.
The lighthouse contains an automatic weather station installed in 2003, providing real-time environmental data for the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program.
In 1916, a dairy cow resided at the lighthouse to provide milk for a newborn child after the keeper's wife gave birth at the station.
Location: Mobile County
Inception: 1885
Height: 14.5 m
Made from material: lumber
GPS coordinates: 30.43738,-88.01123
Latest update: September 23, 2025 14:24
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