Keywords: Middle Bay or Mobile Bay Lighthouse, Mobile Bay, Alabama LCCN2010637364.tif 1 photograph digital TIFF file color Notes Title date subject note and keywords provided by the photographer ; Gift; George F Landegger; 2010; DLC/PP-2010 090 ; Credit line The George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Due to high labor costs in the post-Civil-War South the lighthouse was prefabricated in the North and then shipped to Mobile Point where it arrived in 1885 The screwpile lighthouse consists of a wooden hexagonal dwelling with a roof that sloped upwards to a centrally located lantern room The lighthouse is supported by seven legs-one in the middle and a single leg extending from each corner of the superstructure ; Forms part of George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive 2010 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2010637364 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/05500/05517a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 05517 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 05517 220px PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ The George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division George F Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive Photographs by Carol M Highsmith |