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Ship Island Light
Gulfport,
Mississippi
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General Information
Date Established: 1853
Date Present Tower Built: 2000
Height of Tower: 70 ft.
Height of Focal Plane: 72 ft.
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Description
Ship Island Light was the third of three towers in its location. The first was a 45-foot brick tower built in 1853, the second was a square wooden tower in a pyramidal shape that was built in 1886 and lost to a fire in 1972. The third, which was the present standing tower was a replica of the 2nd light. Unfortunately, the replica that had been built in 2000 was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina on August 29 of 2005.
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Date posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006
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