Horn Island (Mississippi)

Historical Light List Characteristics

1878 AlF W Fl R 60s. W12, R12. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 411
1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 425
1886 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 550
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 584
1893 AlF W Fl R 60s. W113/4, R113/4. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 787
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 944
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 955
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1146
1908 AlF W Fl R 60s. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1263
1915 AlF W Fl R 30s. W12, R12. fl 2. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1784
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1918
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2001
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2208
1931 Fl W 30s. W12. fl 2. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2523
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 3294
1943 Fl W 20s. W12. fl 2. USCG Light List (Atlantic): 3561
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 5442
1957
1959 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 6421
1960 Fl W 15s. W12. fl 0.5.
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. II: 6421
1963

Historical Light List Optics and Structures

1878 4th 41 43 Screw-pile light-house. Five iron screw piles, painted black, upon which is placed a square wooden dwelling, painted white, surmounted by a lantern, painted black. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 411
1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 425
1886 White wooden pile structure; piles and lantern, black. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 550
1888 28 44 Square one and one-half story frame dwelling, surmounted by lantern. Dwelling, white, with lead-colored trimmings and green blinds; lantern, black. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 584
1893 43 Black lantern on square one-and-one-half story frame dwelling. Dwelling, white, with lead-colored trimmings and green blinds. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 787
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 944
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 955
1905 Black lantern on white, square, one-and-one-half story, frame dwelling with lead-colored trimmings and green blinds. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1146
1908 N/A 47 White, square, one and-one-half story, wooden dwelling with green blinds; black lantern; on twenty-one black, iron-case piles. In 13 feet of water. LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1263
1915 N/A White, wooden dwelling; on black piles. In 21/4 fathoms. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1784
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1918
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2001
1927 White, wooden dwelling; on black piles. In 21/6 fathoms. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2208
1931 4 o White wooden dwelling on black piles. In 13 feet. USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2523
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 3294
1943 5 a USCG Light List (Atlantic): 3561
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 N/A USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 5442
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 6421
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. II: 6421
1963

Historical Light List Audible Fog Signals

1878 A bell, struck by machinery, one blow at intervals of 15 seconds. None LHB Light List (All Coasts): 411
1879 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 425
1886 Bell struck by machinery every 15 sec. LHB Light List (All Coasts): 550
1888 LHB Light List (All Coasts): 584
1893 None LHB Light List (Atlantic): 787
1898 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 944
1899 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 955
1905 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1146
1908 LHB Light List (Atlantic): 1263
1915 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1784
1917 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 1918
1920 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2001
1927 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2208
1931 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 2523
1935 USLHS Light List (Atlantic): 3294
1943 USCG Light List (Atlantic): 3561
1945-1947
1950-1952
1953-1955 USCG Light List - Vol. I-VI: 5442
1957
1959-1960 USCG Light List - Vol. I-V: 6421
1961 USCG Light List - Vol. II: 6421
1963
1874 - 1963 (Approximate location for 1908 lighthouse which is not indicative of previous locations; lighthouse was moved in 1880, 1887, 1900, and 1908 due to erosion.)