Horn Island

Year Established:
1874
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1879
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1908
Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Establishment
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Artchives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Outside Pascagoula's Harbor
Latitude:
30° 13.13'
Longitude:
88° 31.45'
City / Town:
Pascagoula
U.S. State:
Mississippi
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Horn Island
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1964
Year Tower Established:
1874 (Square wooden dwelling on land) 1908 (Wooden building on five iron screwpiles)
Tower Construction Material:
Wood
Tower Foundation:
Screwpile with Platform
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
43
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
41
Tower Shape:
Square
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1874
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
Wood
Other Structures:
None

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
Fourth Order, Fresnel
Year Original Lens Installed:
1874
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

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