Moving Middle Bay Lighthouse

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A historical panel meets next week to
discuss moving the Middle Bay Lighthouse some 15 miles to
Battleship Memorial Park, restoring it and putting it on permanent
display.
The 124-year-old, storm-lashed lighthouse still stands in Mobile
Bay a year after the Alabama Lighthouse Association called for
moving it onshore. The familiar landmark could be restored on dry
land if the Alabama Historical Commission approves the move. It
meets on Tuesday.
The Lighthouse Association has voluntarily helped maintain
Middle Bay, which the Historical Commission owns.
The proposal calls for relocating Middle Bay with a crane and
barge, then restoring it for visitors, at an estimated cost of $1.7
million. The lighthouse was built in 1885 and sits in the Mobile
Ship Channel.

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