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Halfmoon Reef Lighthouse

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A condemned 1858 Matagorda Bay lighthouse has been moved to a location near Texas Highway 35 at the causeway.

The Halfmoon Reef Light is one of the many screw-pile type lighthouses built on the Texas Gulf Coast, but the only one that still stands. To distinguish it from the nearby Matagorda Island Light it was given a red glass chimney to be used with the oil lantern to give it its red beam. Though originally constructed on the bay, the current resting place for the light is on Port Lavaca, alongside Highway 35.
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