Preserving Middle Bay Light: Inspection finds the lighthouse structure is about 90 percent original (with video) | Breaking News from the Press-Register - al.com: "Just where the Mobile ship channel doglegs to the west sits Middle Bay Lighthouse, just as it has since 1883 - despite demolition orders from the U.S. Coast Guard, a handful of hurricanes, a plan to move it ashore and decades of neglect.
Now, after years of wrangling and a few emergency repairs, the Alabama Historical Commission has made a commitment to maintain the structure at its current location, said Art Thomas with the Alabama Lighthouse Association."