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Name: Merrill's Shell Bank Light
Nearest Town or City: Pass Christian, Mississippi, United States
Location: Mississippi Sound, Gulf of Mexico
Click to enlarge: 30Kb Photo: U.S. Coast Guard
Notes: The last (1883) lighthouse at this site was destroyed after being discontinued in 1945.
This light is not operational
Earlier Towers? 1847: Iron lightship, 1860: Wooden screwpile structure, burned down in 1883, 1883: Screwpile lighthouse.
Date Established: 1847
Date Deactivated: 1945
Date Automated: 1932
Optics: 1860: Fourth order Fresnel lens.
Current Use: Destroyed.
Keepers: James Carver (1860-1861), James Burroughs (c. 1863), James Tabor Williams (1916-?)
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