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Round Island Lighthouse

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This is a photo of the Lighthouse and the Light Keepers dwelling taken in 1906. There were originally 5 steel columns that supported the dwelling. Today only one remains standing.

Rilh-sunset.jpg (55700 bytes) This is a beautiful photo of the Lighthouse prior to Hurricane Georges'

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This photo was taken only day's before Hurricane Georges hit  Pascagoula.
(photo taken by Don McKee)

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This is how the Lighthouse looked in 1989. Notice the four post sticking out of the ground in the right photo, this is where the light keepers dwelling was located. Only one of these post survived the hurricane.

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Left: Shows Lighthouse after Hurricane Georges'. Center: shows items salvaged from the debris. Left: Some bricks that were uncovered by the hurricane.

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These photo's show the caisson that was driven around the lighthouse and the way it looks today.

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Round Island as it looks today (July 1999) (photo's taken by Eric Suthoff)

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