Blue Ridge Parkway

1. Bluffs Coffee Shop & Service Station
20th Century

2. Pky. at Air Bellows Gap
20th Century

3. Parking overlook
1930s

4. Guard wall
1930s

5. Farmland and road
1930s

6. Opposite Woodruff's
1930s

7. #10 Bridge over Little Glade Creek
1930s

8. Before grading. 1:1 cut gullying badly; too steep to grass; flatten and round for grass
July 25, 1935

9. General view of construction rough grading
November 26, 1935

10. Bluff Park Culvert Grassy Gap Road
January 5, 1936

11. Overpass at Meadow Fork
March 4, 1936

12. Bridge Tunnel
May 23, 1936

13. Bridge Tunnel
May 23, 1936

14. Bridge Site #10 Prior to Construction
June 23, 1936

15. View of Machined-Flattened Parkway
July 22, 1936

16. Vehicle Tracks
July 22, 1936

17. Bridge Construction in Section 2A
July 22, 1936

18. Car on winding road
July 22, 1936

19. Side view Bridge Construction in Section 2A
July 22, 1936

20. First Parkway Crossing of NC 18, Near Sparta, NC
July 22, 1936

21. Early Construction of Bridge in Section 2A
July 22, 1936

22. Bridge 2
July 23, 1936

23. Part of #2 Abutment Face
July 23, 1936

24. Buck Creek Gap
August 14, 1936

25. Mountain slope and construction
August 20, 1936

26. Early Construction
August 22, 1936

27. Hare Mill Pond, scenic view
August 22, 1936

28. Retaining Wall
August 22, 1936

29. Hare Mill Pond, scenic view
August 22, 1936

30. Bridge and Abutment Construction
August 22, 1936

31. Bridge and Abutment Construction
August 22, 1936

32. Bridge 10, site of construction
August 23, 1936

33. Bridge 10, site of construction
August 23, 1936

34. Excavation for tree well
August 23, 1936

35. Road construction
August 24, 1936

36. Road construction
August 24, 1936

37. View from edge of parkway, 1 looking north along alignment towad Cumberland Knob Park Area
September 1936

38. Access Road Construction
October 2, 1936

39. Back from Station 5
October 4, 1936

40. Mountain Valley and Barn
October 4, 1936

41. Stone Cement Gutter
October 5, 1936

42. Stone Cement Gutter
October 5, 1936

43. View across parkway looking east into escarpment one-half mile south of Cumberland Knob
October 12, 1936

44. View Looking South
October 12, 1936

45. View of alignment looking north near beginning of the section.
October 13, 1936

46. Partly Completed Parking
October 28, 1936

47. Bridge #6 Construction
October 29, 1936

48. Rough Grade Work
October 31, 1936

49. Right Head Wall 437
October 31, 1936

50. Hare Mill Pond and road after clean-up
November 10, 1936

51. Rounded Roadway
December 1, 1936

52. Roadway
December 1, 1936

53. Through Hills
December 5, 1936

54. Rock Cutting
December 5, 1936

55. Finished Slopes
February 2, 1937

56. Drain Wall
February 2, 1937

57. Men cleaning gutter
February 2, 1937

58. Route 18 Intersection
February 2, 1937

59. Route 18 Crossing
February 2, 1937

60. Early construction
February 2, 1937

61. Car on Road
February 2, 1937

62. Cumberland Knob Parking
February 2, 1937

63. Bridge #9 construction
February 4, 1937

64. Construction materials
February 4, 1937

65. Bridge Construction
February 4, 1937

66. Rock embankment and stream
February 4, 1937

67. View near Junction of 2A/2B
April 12, 1937

68. Preparing Sub-Grade
April 14, 1937

69. South End of Quarry
April 14, 1937

70. Looking back over bridge #5
May 4, 1937

71. Pine Creek Bridge #7
May 25, 1937

72. Cars crossing Pine Creek Bridge #7
May 25, 1937

73. Hand Placed Rock embankment
May 26, 1937

74. Dumping of Construction Material for replacing embankment
July 28, 1937

75. Preparations for Cement Wall
July 28, 1937

76. Cement Stone Gutter Along Rock Bank
July 28, 1937

77. Cement Stone Gutter
July 28, 1937

78. Retaining Wall and unfinished slope of Icy Rock
September 4, 1937

79. Road Construction at Station 32
September 4, 1937

80. Gutter Work along Rock Face
September 4, 1937

81. View of road
October 11, 1937

82. Early Construction
October 11, 1937

83. Stone culvert head wall
October 11, 1937

84. Automobile on road
October 11, 1937

85. Stone Gutter
October 11, 1937

86. Surfaced Road
October 11, 1937

87. Dressed Road
October 12, 1937

88. Unfinished Construction
October 12, 1937

89. Ice Formations
November 1937

90. Icy Road
November 20, 1937

91. View of road
March 12, 1938

92. Road on Top of Hills
March 12, 1938

93. Looking West from One of the Parking Areas South of Cumberland Knob
April 27, 1938

94. Fill Before Grading
October 6, 1938

95. Overpass US 21
May 19, 1939

96. Foundation - Equipment storage and office building CCC job 142
November 1939

97. Pky. at Air Bellows Gap
1940s

98. Parkway at Air Bellow Gap
1940s

99. Pky. at Air Bellows Gap
1940s

100. Lightning struck sign
1940

101. Pky. at Air Bellows Gap
1940s

102. The Bluffs & Road Alignment thru the Bluffs
1940s

103. Scene near Devil's Garden, Blue Ridge Parkway
1940s

104. Parkway near Grassy Gap
1940s

105. Parking at Cumberland Knob
1940s

106. Grade Separation Structure Over US 21 Looking Northwest
1940

107. Parking at Cumberland Knob
1940s

108. ERA work station (site of gas station and coffee shop)
1940

109. Parkway along Meadow Fork near Doughton Park
1940s

110. Alligator Rock
1940s

111. View of Parkway
1940

112. Near Grassy Gap, Doughton Park
1940s

113. CCC Co. 3420 Laurel Springs, NC Doughton Park
1940s

114. CCC Enrollee Arthur Phillips
1940

115. Pky. at Air Bellows Gap
1940s

116. Bridge and Car
1940s

117. View from Fox Hunters Paradise in Cumberland Knob Area
1940s

118. Office and Tool Storage Building
1941

119. Park Wardens pick-up
1941

120. Blacksmith and Repair Garage (construction)
1941

121. Completed Parkway Wall
April 10, 1941

122. Guard Wall
May 22, 1941

123. Parkway Meadowfork Valley Showing streamside location
September 22, 1941

124. Parkway - Meadowfork Valley
September 22, 1941

125. Snow WPA Clearing the Road
March 1942

126. Snow, drifts 10-20 ft high
March 1942

127. Operator Sign (Lunch room, comfort station)
July 10, 1942

128. Operator Sign
July 10, 1942

129. Alleghany County
September 11, 1942

130. Guard Wall Construction
February 2, 1943

131. Parkway near Mahogany Rock P.O.
1946

132. Trailer camp
1946

133. Trailer Camp
1946

134. Fox Hunters Paradise
1946

135. Scenic View of Parkway
1946

136. Cumberland Knob
June 1946

137. Blue Ridge Parkway near Sparta, N.C.
June 1946

138. Parkway near Devils Garden P.O.
June 1946

139. Blue Ridge Parkway, Sec. 2-B
June 1946

140. Section 2A, N.C.
June 1946

141. Parking Area at Brinegar Cabin
June 1946

142. Pky. near Ice Rock and Alligator Back
June 1946

143. Parkway thru Bluff Recreational Area
June 1946

144. Scenic View Bluffs NC
June 1946

145. Removal of Car from Snowdrift by Wrecker
March 1947

146. Parkway motor road blocked with snow, Motorist stalled, Damage to shoulder and slope
March 1947

147. Attempt of motorist to detour snowdrift
March 1947

148. New Access Sign Location Erected May 1949
June 30, 1949

149. Blue Ridge Parkway near Doughton Park
1950s

150. Doughton Park, Mile 243.8
1950

151. Bluffs Coffee Shop and Service Station
1950s

152. Photographers in Grassy Gap, Sec. 2-C
1950

153. Parkway
1950

154. Trail to Wildcat Rocks
June 1951

155. Trail to Wildcat Rocks
June 1951

156. Little Glade Mill Pond
1952

157. Little Glade Mill Pond
1952

158. Little Glade Mill Pond
1952

159. Parking Area
1954

160. Doughton Park Picnic Parking Area
July 1956

161. Parking on average weekday
July 1956

162. July 4th at Doughton Park
July 4, 1956

163. Trailer Use in Doughton Park
October 1956

164. Trailer Area, Doughton Park
October 1956

165. Bluffs Coffee Shop and Gas Station
October 1956

166. Trailer Area
October 1956

167. Scene near Devil's Garden
October 1956

168. Bluffs Coffee Shop and Gas Station
October 1956

169. Road Sign - Roaring Gap
July 1959

170. Rail Fence
May 9, 1963

171. Fence building - APW program
May 9, 1963

172. Blue Ridge Plateau
July 1964

173. Doughton Park Coffee Shop
1970s

174. Doughton Park Lodge
1970s

175. National Park Centennial
1972

176. National Park Centennial
1972

177. National Park Centennial
1972

178. National Park Centennial
1972

179. National Park Centennial
1972

180. National Park Centennial
1972

181. National Park Centennial
1972

182. National Park Centennial
1972

183. Doughton Park Lodge
August 10, 1973

184. Bluffs Maintenance Area Residence #34, 35, Maintenance Area Sign Shop
August 10, 1973

185. Maint. Area Residence #34, 35 Maint Area Sign Shop
August 10, 1973

186. Maintenance & Residence Area
August 10, 1973

187. Bluffs Dist. Us 21 South
August 1974

188. Mahogany Rock Access
August 1974

189. Mahogany Rock Access
August 1974

190. Mahogany Rock Access
August 1974

191. Shops and fire equipment storage, bldg. #113
February 1976

192. Scenery
1977

193. Scenery
1977

194. Campground
Summer 1977

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