Ship Island Lighthouse Mississippi
MS 3-B
Note in the distance you can see a nearly perfect old fort:
Fort Massachusetts, which is open to the public.
Ship Island Lighthouse Mississippi
MS 3-C
This photo of Fort Massachusetts is also for sale.
The original lighthouse
on Ship Island was a round masonry structure built in 1853. It
resembled Round Island MS Lighthouse.
It was damaged in the Civil
War and by 1886 declared unsafe.
The
second lighthouse on Ship Island was built in 1886. It
was a wooden structure built on a foundation.
The lighthouse was damaged by a hurricane in 1947 and again by
Hurricane Camille.
In 1972 it was burned down by careless campers.
Ruins of first Ship Island Lighthouse.
To the right, the original structure.
Above: the ruins now are in the water.
Photo courtesy U.S. Coast Guard
The photo above
is a hand colored photo lent to us by
the Rev. C.H. Stone Jr.,
who's
father was one of the
keepers of the Ship Island Lighthouse.
His
brother was in a small boat in the photo.
