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The fuel for the light was common lard oil, which often froze in cold weather. The lighthouse keeper had to climb to the top twice each cold night to change the lamps. Strangely enough, this job was filled by both men and women who worked at it for long periods of time, ranging from twenty to forty years.
There were six lighthouses built bordering the Mississippi Sound. The first was Pass Christian in 1811; Cat Island and Round Island followed in 1833; Biloxi was built in 1848; Ship Island was completed in 1853; and Pascagoula was the last in 1854.
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