Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Portal Devils Courthouse |
Title Note | Entrance under construction |
Date | September 29, 1941 |
Description | This photo shows the entrance to the Devil's Courthouse Tunnel. The road and tunnel are both incomplete. Taken by "EHA" (Edward H. Abbuehl) on September 29, 1941, Section 2V, Milepost 422. |
Commentary | This is a picture of the Devil's Courthouse Tunnel while it was being built. The portal has no sign of the handsome, round arches of native stone that Italian stonemasons would later construct. The tunnel is 665 feet long. |
Location |
Location Name: Devil's Courthouse Tunnel Parkway Milepost: 422.0
Latitude: 35.3056612
Longitude: -82.8948539 |
Creator Individual | Edward H. Abbuehl |
Creator Organization | National Park Service—Blue Ridge Parkway |
Tags |
Devil's Courthouse (N.C.)
Photographs Transylvania County (N.C.) Tunnels |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |