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6 Service Room: The service room is the room just below the lantern room where keepers would store cleaning equipment, spare parts for the beacon, and tools for working on the lighthouse. 7 Watch Room: The watch room is where keepers kept their log. A log is a kind
On July 1, 1898, Congress appropriated $35,000 for the new lighthouse, with authority to contract for another $35,000, followed by an appropriation for a similar amount on March 3, 1901. A new skeleton tower was completed in 1903 on Smith Island and furnished with a first-order flashing lens apparatus. Upon completion of the new Cape Fear Light the old Cape Fear Station (Bald Head) was changed to a fourth-order fixed light and its name changed to Bald Head Light Station.