Type:
Year Established:
1833
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
Round Island MS 1998 Bob Shanklin.jpg (1.48 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1998
Photo Credit:
Robert Shanklin
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Latitude:
30° 29.19'
Longitude:
88° 58.67'
City / Town:
Pascagoula
U.S. State:
Mississippi
Location County:
Jackson
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
50
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
45
Tower Shape:
Conical
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
Reflectors later fourth order Fresnel
Year Original Lens Installed:
1859
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017
Tower collapsed into the water in 1998. Remnants of the tower were used to rebuild the lighthouse in Pascagoula.