East Pascagoula River Light
The East Pascagoula River Light was a lighthouse in Pascagoula, Mississippi.[3] A house with a lantern on top, it was first lit in 1854 but was extinguished in the Civil War and was not relit until 1868. It was destroyed in the 1906 Mississippi hurricane and was never rebuilt.[2]
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| Location | Pascagoula, Mississippi |
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| Coordinates | 30.350°N 88.568°W[1] |
| Tower | |
| Height | 35 ft (11 m)[1] |
| Shape | house |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1854[2] |
| Deactivated | 1906[2] |
References
- List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. Government Printing Office. March 1, 1907. pp. 234–243. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
- Harrison, Tim; Jones, Ray (2000). Lost Lighthouses: Stories and Images of America's Vanished Lighthouses. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press. p. 104. ISBN 9780762704439. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
- "ARLHS East Pascagoula River Light". Retrieved 2016-02-27.
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