Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Mississippi Lighthouses--Biloxi Light

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BILOXI LIGHT

State: MISSISSIPPI
Location: MISSISSIPPI SOUND
Nearest City: BILOXI
County: HARRISON
U.S.C.G. District: 8
Year Station Established: 1848

NPS photo by Candace Clifford, 1999

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1848
Is the Light Operational? YES (PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION)
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated:
Foundation Materials: BRICK
Construction Materials: BRICK ENCASED BY CAST IRON
Markings/Patterns: WHITE TOWER/BLACK BALUSTRADE
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 61
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed: 1848
Present Optic: FIFTH ORDER
Year Present Lens Installed: 1926
Height of Focal Plane: 48
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FIFTH-ORDER LENS ON DISPLAY IN TOWER
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: N/A
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DESTROYED 1969)

Other Structures:

Current Use: PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: CITY OF BILOXI

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #73001012
Name of Listing: BILOXI LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1987

Miscellaneous:
ORIGINAL KEEPERS DESTROYED BY HURRICANE CAMILLE IN 1969; TOWER INTERIOR RESTORED 1989-90

Last Modified: Thurs, Feb 28 2002 5:40:02 am EDT
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