 During the following year a wharf and oil house were built and completed at the site.Shortly after its creation that tower was tested in the severe winds of the Great Blizzard of 1888.In 1903, the light replaced the discontinued Delaware Breakwater West End Light as the front range for the Delaware Breakwater, though the original Delaware Breakwater Range Rear Light continued to serve as the rear range until 1918, when it was also discontinued.