Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Early Construction
June 28, 1936 - 2.
Drilling and shoveling Operations
August 1936 - 3.
Drilling Operations. Looking across parkway line toward the west
August 1936 - 4.
Early Construction
August 19, 1936 - 5.
Rough Grading Partially Complete
August 25, 1936 - 6.
Clearing for road and new laurel growth
September 1936 - 7.
View looking south along parkway, showing construction operations
September 1936 - 8.
View looking south on parkway showing construction and drilling operations
September 10, 1936 - 9.
Natural reforestation This is not on the parkway but is within one-half mile of it.
September 10, 1936 - 10.
View of surrounding country taken from edge of parkway looking toward the left or east.
September 11, 1936 - 11.
View through pine looking south. Rattlesnake Mountain on the right of picture.
October 1936 - 12.
View of Tompkin's Knob, looking north. Parkway in middle left of picture.
October 20, 1936 - 13.
View of Rattle Snake Mountain looking north. Parkway in lower right-hand portion of picture
October 21, 1936 - 14.
Relation of Grading to "the Locusts" after Centerline Revision
October 24, 1936 - 15.
Ahead on Line
November 11, 1936 - 16.
Looking back at cut and general damage
November 11, 1936 - 17.
Looking back at cut and general damage
November 11, 1936 - 18.
Crew working in cut
November 11, 1936
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