Dauphin Island, AL
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Lt. Kenneth Rider, of the USCG's Mobile Station, takes a look at the lens atop Sand Island Light House, built 1872/73 on the rocky isle. The lens magnification is such to allow the energy of the light bulb to be seen far away at sea. Mobile Press-Register photo & copy by Vivian Cannon, published August 08, 1965. Clipped and saved by Johnny Newman, Montgomery, AL, member, AL Light House Assoc. Board of Directors