Blue Ridge Parkway

1. Land Acquisition Maps Section 2-B
1937

2. Road and Parking Area
1937

3. Building - razed
January 12, 1937

4. Lakes-To-Florida Highway Is Being Improved In Co.
January 21, 1937

5. Completed Road
February 2, 1937

6. Curved Road
February 2, 1937

7. Finished Slopes
February 2, 1937

8. Cumberland Knob Drive
February 2, 1937

9. Route 18 Intersection
February 2, 1937

10. Unsurfaced Road
February 2, 1937

11. Men cleaning gutter
February 2, 1937

12. Winding Road
February 2, 1937

13. Car on Road
February 2, 1937

14. Intersection Corner
February 2, 1937

15. Route 18 Crossing
February 2, 1937

16. Drain Wall
February 2, 1937

17. Cumberland Knob Parking
February 2, 1937

18. Early construction
February 2, 1937

19. Bridge Arch
February 3, 1937

20. Rock embankment and culvert
February 4, 1937

21. Rock embankment and stream
February 4, 1937

22. Construction materials
February 4, 1937

23. Bridge Construction
February 4, 1937

24. Bridge Abutment
February 4, 1937

25. Bridge #9 construction
February 4, 1937

26. Bridge #8
February 4, 1937

27. Bridge Construction
February 4, 1937

28. Bridge at Site #7, Steel Construction
March 29, 1937

29. Bridge at site #7, Steel stringers
March 29, 1937

30. East parapet wall south abutment
March 29, 1937

31. North abutment and stringers
March 29, 1937

32. Bridge at site #7 Steel construction
March 29, 1937

33. Bridge at site #7 Steel construction, looking back from south abutment
March 29, 1937

34. Cutting for telephone line on right-of-way line
March 30, 1937

35. Culvert headwall
April 1, 1937

36. Riveters working
April 6, 1937

37. Underside of bridge
April 6, 1937

38. Detail of expansion dam
April 10, 1937

39. Bridge Construction
April 10, 1937

40. Landscape North to Bridge #6
April 10, 1937

41. View of road
April 10, 1937

42. View of road
April 10, 1937

43. View of bridge #4
April 10, 1937

44. Unfinished road and bridge
April 10, 1937

45. Detail Pier #2
April 10, 1937

46. Rail construction
April 10, 1937

47. View of bridge
April 10, 1937

48. Rail details
April 10, 1937

49. Detail of expansion dam
April 10, 1937

50. Bridge #6
April 10, 1937

51. Left End of Bridge #9
April 12, 1937

52. Bridge #8
April 12, 1937

53. Bridge #10 and Stream
April 12, 1937

54. Bridge Rock Detail
April 12, 1937

55. View of Junction of 2A and 2B
April 12, 1937

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

57. Landscape at Sections 2A and 2B
April 12, 1937

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

59. Road fill along edge of rough road
April 13, 1937

60. South End of Quarry
April 14, 1937

61. Sharp Curve Construction
April 14, 1937

62. Rough Grade Rock Fill
April 14, 1937

63. Preparing Sub-Grade
April 14, 1937

64. Loading Holes for Blasting
April 14, 1937

65. Fire hazard reduction along trail. Belle Ridge
April 22, 1937

66. Trail down Belle Ridge
April 22, 1937

67. #9 Bridge, Down Stream, Cost $20,120
May 4, 1937

68. Guard rail, No.7 bridge
May 4, 1937

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

70. Station 563 No 8 Bridge cost $34,053
May 4, 1937

71. No. 5 Bridge, cost $17,520
May 4, 1937

72. No. 5 Bridge, Cost $17,520, Pine Creek Bridge #5
May 4, 1937

73. No.4 Arch Bridge, cost $12,000
May 4, 1937

74. No.6 bridge, cost $15,139
May 4, 1937

75. Cumberland Knob Park Picnic Road
May 7, 1937

76. Bridge No.2 49'10" span, cost $11,894
May 18, 1937

77. Bridge no. 9, cost $20,120 24' span
May 18, 1937

78. Bridge #7 approximate cost $45,000
May 18, 1937

79. Bridge #4
May 18, 1937

80. Bridge #7, approximate cost $45,000
May 18, 1937

81. Underside of Viaduct
May 18, 1937

82. Bridge No. 3, 57' Span, Cost $19,462
May 18, 1937

83. Bridge #7, guard rail and pier detail
May 18, 1937

84. Mailbox on parkway
May 18, 1937

85. Bridge #5 42' span cost $17,520
May 18, 1937

86. Hand Placed Rock
May 20, 1937

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

88. Pine Creek Bridge #5
May 25, 1937

89. Pine Creek Bridge #6
May 25, 1937

90. Bridge #10
May 25, 1937

91. Pine Creek Bridge #7
May 25, 1937

92. Pine Creek Bridge #3
May 25, 1937

93. Completed Bridge #8
May 25, 1937

94. Arch of Bridge #9
May 25, 1937

95. Bridge #9
May 25, 1937

96. Pine Creek Bridge #4
May 25, 1937

97. Bridge #2
May 25, 1937

98. Hand Placed Rock embankment
May 26, 1937

99. Road Construction
May 26, 1937

100. Icy Rock Curve
May 26, 1937

101. Drilling and Construction
May 26, 1937

102. Wagon Drills
May 26, 1937

103. Old state box culvert to be removed
June 1, 1937

104. Mountainside of timber to be cut by A. V. Millsap
June 1, 1937

105. Mountainside of timber to be cut by A.V. Millsap
June 1, 1937

106. Parkway box culvert
June 1, 1937

107. Rough headwall
June 8, 1937

108. Mountain Laurel
June 14, 1937

109. Mountain laurel in bloom by parkway
June 14, 1937

110. Special drainage structure
June 22, 1937

111. Special drainage structure
June 22, 1937

112. Drilling and cleaning for stone wall at 255-35
July 28, 1937

113. Preparations for Cement Wall
July 28, 1937

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

115. Head wall and Stone Cement Channel
July 28, 1937

116. Cement Stone Gutter
July 28, 1937

117. Stone steps joining gutter
July 28, 1937

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

119. Ice Rock Wall
August 18, 1937

120. Unknown variety of plant 6 - 7' high, yellow flowers in bloom
August 20, 1937

121. Saddle Mountain Valley. Lake site, looking up at valley, woods opposite
August 20, 1937

122. Saddle Mountain Valley, Lake Site
August 20, 1937

123. Saddle Mountain Valley, Lake Site from station 277
August 20, 1937

124. Cumberland Knob Shelter Bldg #89
September 1937

125. View of road
September 3, 1937

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

127. Gutter Work along Rock Face
September 4, 1937

128. Construction of Gutter at Inlet Towards Station 28
September 4, 1937

129. Retaining Wall along Icy Rock
September 4, 1937

130. Icy Rock Retaining Wall with Crane
September 4, 1937

131. Road Construction at Station 32
September 4, 1937

132. Construction of Gutter at Station 108-60
September 4, 1937

133. Road Construction at Station 201-55
September 4, 1937

134. Stone masonry retaining wall
September 4, 1937

135. Stone and iron culvert
September 4, 1937

136. Icy Rock Curve
September 4, 1937

137. Culvert Cement Stone Gutter at Station 122-30
September 4, 1937

138. Air Bellows Gap Underpass
September 21, 1937

139. West wingwall Air Bellows Gap Underpass
September 23, 1937

140. Fireplace in shelter on top of Cumberland Knob
October 1937

141. Saddle in campground area looking west before construction
October 8, 1937

142. Takeoff to campground area before construction
October 8, 1937

143. Road through Cut
October 10, 1937

144. Road and Bridge with Guard Stakes
October 10, 1937

145. Rough Grade Road
October 10, 1937

146. Cement stone gutter
October 10, 1937

147. View of road
October 11, 1937

148. Stone culvert head wall
October 11, 1937

149. Gutter Construction
October 11, 1937

150. Automobile on road
October 11, 1937

151. Paving Gutters
October 11, 1937

152. Access Road to Route 18
October 11, 1937

153. View of road
October 11, 1937

154. Rock Embankment
October 11, 1937

155. Surfaced Road
October 11, 1937

156. Dirt Road
October 11, 1937

157. Winding Road
October 11, 1937

158. Early Construction
October 11, 1937

159. Water Channel
October 11, 1937

160. Stone Gutter
October 11, 1937

161. Stone Hillside Work
October 11, 1937

162. Unfinished Construction
October 12, 1937

163. View of road
October 12, 1937

164. Team of Horses
October 12, 1937

165. Man and a Horse Team
October 12, 1937

166. Dressed Road
October 12, 1937

167. Rock Cut - Devil's Garden
October 13, 1937

168. Parkway just north of Air Bellows Gap
October 13, 1937

169. Bull Head Mountain and Parkway
October 13, 1937

170. Looking across Bluff Park toward Little Grandfather Mountain
October 13, 1937

171. Looking through rock cut towards Ice Rock and Bluff
October 13, 1937

172. Alligator Back
October 15, 1937

173. Looking back at Alligator Back
October 15, 1937

174. Alligator Back and Meadow Fork Valley
October 15, 1937

175. On top of Bluff. Parkway and Little Grandfather Mt.
October 15, 1937

176. Alligator Back and Meadow Fork Valley
October 15, 1937

177. Back side of shelter
October 15, 1937

178. Parkway and Meadow Fork Valley from Bluff
October 15, 1937

179. Parkway alignment, Meadow Fork Valley
October 15, 1937

180. Ice Formations
November 1937

181. Road to Lodge (under construction)
November 1937

182. Ice Formations
November 1937

183. Ice Formations
November 1937

184. Ice formations
November 1937

185. Ice formations
November 1937

186. Ice formations
November 1937

187. Ice Formations
November 1937

188. Road to Lodge (under construction)
November 1937

189. Ice Rock Channel and Drainage
November 20, 1937

190. Ice Rock
November 20, 1937

191. Parkway toward the Bluff
November 20, 1937

192. Ice Rock
November 20, 1937

193. Icy Road
November 20, 1937

194. Fill
November 20, 1937

195. Ice Rock
November 20, 1937

196. Surfaced Road
November 20, 1937

197. Typical section in snow
November 20, 1937

198. Roadway near Ice Rock
November 20, 1937

199. Road Routes
November 22, 1937

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