List of lighthouses in Alabama

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 There is only one active light in the state, though another has been replaced by a skeleton tower; a third still stands but is inactive.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.

Focal height and coordinates are taken from the 1907 United States Coast Guard Light List,[1] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses.[2]

Name Image Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height
Battery Gladden Light Mobile Bay 30.6675°N 88.0228°W / 30.6675; -88.0228 (Battery Gladden Light) 1872[3] Never 1913[3]
(Destroyed by 1950[3])		 None 045 45 ft (14 m)
Choctaw Point Light Mobile 30.667°N 87.983°W / 30.667; -87.983 (Choctaw Point Light)[4] 1831[5] Never 1862[5]
(Destroyed[5])		 None 063 63 ft (19 m)[4]
Middle Bay Light Mobile Bay 30.4372°N 88.0111°W / 30.4372; -88.0111 (Middle Bay Light) 1885 1935 Active 155mm 048 48 ft (15 m)
Mobile Point Range
Rear Light		 Fort Morgan 30.2278°N 88.0242°W / 30.2278; -88.0242 (Mobile Point Range Lights) 1822 (First)
1873 (Last)		 Never 1966
(Replaced with
skeleton tower)		 None 045 45 ft (14 m)
Sand Island Light Dauphin Island 30.1875°N 88.0506°W / 30.1875; -88.0506 (Sand Island Light) 1838 (First)
1873 (Current)		 1948 1971 None 131 131 ft (40 m)

References
  1. List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. Government Printing Office. March 1, 1907. pp. 229–233. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  2. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Alabama". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
  3. "Battery Gladden Light". Lighthouse Digest. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  4. Mills, Robert (1845). American Lighthouse Guide. Washington: William M. Morrison. p. 81. Retrieved 2014-01-25. choctaw point lighthouse.
  5. "Choctaw Point Light". Lighthouse Digest. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
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