Horn Island Light

Horn Island Light
the third Horn Island Light (USCG)
Map
Locationoriginally on east tip of Horn Island; later north of the west end of Petit Bois Island in the Mississippi Sound
Coordinates30°13′26″N 88°29′06″W / 30.224°N 88.485°W / 30.224; -88.485 (final light)[1]
Tower
Constructed1874 Edit this on Wikidata
Height47 ft (14 m)[3]
Shapehouse
Light
First lit1874 (first tower);
1908 (final tower)[1][2]
Deactivated1961[2]
Lensfourth order Fresnel lens[1]
Characteristicfixed white

The Horn Island Light (in later years also known as the Petit Bois Light) was a lighthouse in Mississippi originally located at the eastern end of Horn Island. Moved and rebuilt several times, it was deactivated and abandoned in 1961.

  1. ^ a b c "Lighthouse Inspection Report: Horn Island Light Station". 1911-10-06. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  2. ^ a b Harrison, Tim; Jones, Ray (2000). Lost Lighthouses: Stories and Images of America's Vanished Lighthouses. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press. p. 105. ISBN 9780762704439. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  3. ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Mississippi". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.