Water Towers and Standpipes of the United States of America. Sponsored by "Understanding Your Home" by building inspector Mark Visser Biloxi - Mississippi Harrison County. Photo © Mark Visser ..... Missing tower data: Please contact us if you have more information. Please take some pictures of "your" local tower and send them to us, uncropped and in .jpg format. Click here to send us an image Tower Information Tower signage: Location: 5th Street Built: Height: Capacity:   Tower Information Tower signage: Logo + Biloxi Location: Bonnet Drive Built: Height: Capacity: Area Information During the course of Biloxi’s history, eight flags have flown over her and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. These flags included the flags of six countries: France, England, Spain, the Republic of West Florida, Confederate States of America, and the United States stars and bars. The other two flags were state flags: the Magnolia State Flag and the current Mississippi State flag. In 1817 Mississippi became a State. In 1881 Lopez, Elmer and Company became the first seafood cannery in Biloxi and by the end of the decade four additional canneries were established. In 1888 the schooner races of the White Wing Queens began and lasted until 1933. Hurricanes have devastated the Mississippi Coast for years. Some most notable were the 1722, 1893, 1915, and 1947 hurricanes. But on August 17, 1969 Hurricane Camille dealt Biloxi a catastrophic blow. Like in the past Biloxians immediately started rebuilding. Resources: City of Biloxi Other sites you may be interested in: Thumbnail Collection of USA Water Towers Canadian Water Towers and Standpipes Magnetic Hills in the United States of America The History of the Christian Fish Symbol Home   Back to Mississippi Index

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