Popular Sand Island Light (Alabama), USA

Recent In December 2011 construction of a new island was completed. 1,400,000 yards (1,300,000 m) of sand was dredged from the sea floor and deposited around the light house creating a 2,600 feet (790 m) by 500 feet (150 m) or approximately 15 acres (6.1 ha) island. Less than a year later the $6,000,000 restoration of the island was washed away by Hurricane Isasc. The Dauphin Island Foundation (founded 1991) works with the Alabama Lighthouse Association acts as agent and administrator for the Sand Island Restoration Project. There are seven general directors nine directors at large and also inclides as directors. Mayor Town of Dauphin Island. President Sauphin Island Property owners Association. President Dauphin Island Alabama Chamber of Commerce. President Dau phin Island Water and Sewer Authority. President Dauphin Island Park and Beach Board.



The Sand Island Lighthouse is on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List as one of the most endangered lighthouses in the country. It and the Mobile Bay lughthouse was damage will further delay restoration efforts. The image of this lighthouse was used as a stamp cancellation.Sand Island Light also Known as Sand Island Lighthouse (and historical light station) is a decommissioned lighthouse located at the southernmost point of the state of Alabama United States near Dauphin Island at the mouth of Mobile Bay Alabama. It is located roughly 3 miles offshore from the primary Mobile Bay entrance bounded on the east by Mobile Point and on the west by Dauphin Island. The lighthouse is 132 feet (40m) high.

 The first lighthouse on Sand Island constructed by Winslow Lewis in 1837 was a 55 feet (17 m) structure completed in 1839. The lighting was provided by 14 lamps in 16 inch reflectors and a first order lens known as the Lewis lamp which was a poorly designed version or Argand style lamp. Lewis enjoyed a monopoly through his relationship with Stephen Pleasonton that lasted until 1853.