Big Blue Crab - Rockport, TX - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

The original big blue crab was made of paper mache and chicken wire and sat on the roof of a local crab cake restaurant. Battered by hurricanes, it was removed and buried in 1976 -- but Rockport never forgot it.

Now in 2012 it has been replaced. It sits on poles near the entrance to Rockport Beach Park. Why is he a male crab with female crab claws? Because back in 1969, the city got a guy from the north to repaint Ol' Blue. He either didn't know that there was a difference between a male and female crab, or he gave it no thought at all and just copied the first crab he saw, which turned out to be a female crab. That's why I've kept with the tradition of keeping it a male underbelly with the female red claws, just like in the 1960s.

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Big Blue Crab Figure Type: Animal Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: David Allgood Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 08/29/2012 Materials used: aluminum and fiberglass Location: Rockport Beach Park

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