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Title Tunnel site
Title Note Tunnel eliminated and thru-cut negotiated with contractor
Date May 1958
Description Photograph of men standing near an excavation site for a tunnel in section 2Z of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Location Location Name: Section 2Z
Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 35.52185
Longitude: -83.26565
Creator Individual Sam P. Weems
Tags Excavation
Land construction
People
Photographs
Swain County (N.C.)
Tunnels
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway