Carol Leigh through her fabulous photo seminar, created an
environment where those in attendance gained access to exciting photo
opportunities located along the central Oregon coast. Cameras “at the ready” from pre dawn to post
sunset, we marched with our tripods, cameras, filters and constant
encouragement from Carol to see the common with a new perspective and the
uncommon with the excitement of a “newbie.”
Of the many new photo experiences, one that really struck
Elena and I was the beautiful coastal bridges in central Oregon.
A little research, (travel brochures & Google” taught us that much
of this beauty was created by Conde McCullough.
Mr. McCullough was the embodiment of the “American dream.” Born in South Dakota in 1887, Conde supported his
family after the premature death of his father but still managed to get a civil
engineering degree at age of 23. He
worked for a bridge company in Iowa for a year
prior to taking a position with the Oregon
Agricultural College. In 1919 he took a position as head of the
bridge division of the Oregon Department of Transportation. This was a good time because highway 101, the
coastal route, was being created.
During his career, he designed a substantial number of
beautiful bridges, many featuring Gothic, Art Deco & Romanesque features
that added substantially to the beauty of his bridges.
We offer these images as homage to the timelessness of these
great designs.
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| Yaquina Bay Bridge, Newport 1936 |
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| The ever present cormorant, Yaquina Bay Bridge, Newport |
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Bridge geometrics,
Siuslaw River Bridge, Florence 1936
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Bridge geometrics,
Yaquina Bay Bridge, Newport |
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