East Pascagoula River Light

Year Established:
1854
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1879
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1892
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Establishment
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Spanish Point/East Pascagoula River
Latitude:
30° 21.01'
Longitude:
88° 34.06'
U.S. State:
Mississippi
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. East Pascagoula River Light
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1906
Disposition:
Destroyed in 1906 Hurricane
Year Tower Established:
1854, 1898
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
38
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
35
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1854

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
Fifth Order, Fresnel
Year Original Lens Installed:
1854
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018