Wood, were contracted to build the lights at Price’s Creek, and were paid a sum of $5,660 for the job.

[1]In 1855 the lamps were replaced with a 6th order Fresnel lens that produced a fixed white light.

The tower was later extended to a height of 26 feet (8 m), but suffered damage from shells during the Civil War.

[4] The surviving range light is located at the edge of Archer Daniels Midland's industrial site on the bank of the Cape Fear River.

It is currently in private hands, but can be best viewed from the Southport-Fort Fisher ferry or from the ferryboat landing at Southport.