Round Island MS

Year Established:
1833
Existing:
No
Source:
LL-1908
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
Light List Data:
  1. Round Island MS
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

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

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
Reflectors later fourth order Fresnel
Year Original Lens Installed:
1859
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Comments:

Tower collapsed into the water in 1998.  Remnants of the tower were used to rebuild the lighthouse in Pascagoula.


Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017