Type:
Year Established:
1853
Existing:
No
Non-Existing (More Info.):
Ruins
Source:
LL-1908
Download:
474b_Ship_Island_MS_CG1.jpg (2.86 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Credit:
USCG
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
Ship Island Pass/gulfport Channel
Latitude:
30° 21.27'
Longitude:
88° 96.61'
City / Town:
Gulfport
U.S. State:
Mississippi
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Disposition:
Burned 1972
Year Tower Established:
1853, 1886
Tower Construction Material:
Wood
Tower Foundation:
Pilings
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
73
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
50
Tower Shape:
Square Skeletal with Platform
Tower Daymark:
Black Lantern on White Tower
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1886
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
Wood
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
Fourth Order, Fresnel
Year Original Lens Installed:
1853
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018
New tower also serves as rear range