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. Middle Bay Lighthouse StatisticsStation established: 1885Light first lit in 1885Original lens installed in 1885Automated in 1935Deactivated in 1967Foundation:Iron screw pilingsConstruction: WoodMarkings/Patterns:White with red pilingsShape: HexagonalTower height: 54 feet;Stories: 1.5Present Optic: 6"hazard warningsHeight of Focal Plane: 54 feetSister light of Hooper Straight Lighthouse, Tangier Sound, MarylandFresnel lens disposition: USCG loaned lens to Ft. Morgan Museum for display in 1966 and currently still on exhibitDamaged in the1916 hurricaneRestored by Middle Bay Light Centennial Commission in 1984Stabilization undertaken in 1993Major restoration done in 2011 at sea
