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Mobile Point Lighthouse

Fort Morgan, Alabama

The Mobile Point Range Lights were a series of lighthouses built at the entrance to Mobile Bay, at Mobile Point on the tip of the Fort Morgan peninsula, near Mobile, Alabama, United States. The first lighthouse was built as a landfall light by June 1822 at a cost of $9,995. The lighthouse was a conical brick masonry tower, 40 feet tall. It was first lit on 29 September 1822. Fort Morgan was built adjacent to the lighthouse in 1833. The tower was struck repeatedly by Federal shells and was extensively damaged on one side during the Battle of Mobile Bay.


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