I was delivering ArtWalk posters in Rockport one morning a couple of weeks ago and my journey took me into Main Street Art and Deli on Magnolia Street. I usually go in there on a Saturday morning and often run into the owner, Max Kluge, but this was a Tuesday so I was surprised to find him there. Anyway I sat down and had breakfast while we chatted about how to set the world (mainly Corpus Christi) to rights and our conversation turned to the Harbor Bridge. Max told me that he could remember drawings of the proposed new “High Bridge” being spread over the kitchen table at his great uncle’s house in the mid fifties. Turns out I was talking Harbor Bridge with the great nephew of Ocie Kluge, a TxDot Bridge Division artist and when I went looking on this website I found a link to this photo. Small world don’t you think?
And speaking of this small world here is a photograph of the Harbor Bridge under construction as a ship passes under the raised Bascule Bridge. This is probably circa 1958/9 and was taken by my wife’s Uncle Bob. He gave it to me because he knows about my “obsession” with the Harbor Bridge.
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