Merrill Shell Bank

Year Established:
1847
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1944
Photo Credit:
USCG
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives

LOCATION

Location:
Mississippi Sound
Latitude:
30° 14.17'
Longitude:
89° 15.28'
City / Town:
Claiborne
U.S. State:
Mississippi
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Merrill Shell Bank
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1944
Disposition:
Dismantled 1944 and replaced by skeletal tower
Year Tower Established:
1847 (lightship) 1883
Tower Construction Material:
Wood
Tower Foundation:
Screwpile with Platform
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
42
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
51
Tower Shape:
Square Tower on Square Dwelling
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1883
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
Wood

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
Reflectors later Fourth Order, Fresnel
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

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