Cape Fear Lighthouse

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Cape Fear Lighthouse was built in 1903, replacing the Bald Head Lighthouse as the main navigation aid for Cape Fear and the Frying Pan Shoals off the coast of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It stood near the cape on Bald Head Island. It was a steel skeleton frame lighthouse, as opposed to the brick lighthouses usually associated with the state. It was maintained for most of its lifetime by Capt. Charlie Swan, its lighthouse keeper. It was demolished in 1958 and replaced by the Oak Island Lighthouse.