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• 1.   Detail Map
  1936
• 2.   Early Construction
  August 2, 1936
• 3.   Early Construction
  August 2, 1936
• 4.   Rock cut near South Fork New River
  February 21, 1936
• 5.   Jeff Anderson and some sample stone, 6 foot rule sample 6
  February 21, 1936
• 6.   Cut Slopes
  May 7, 1936
• 7.   Fill and Box Culvert
  May 7, 1936
• 8.   Fill and box culvert
  May 7, 1936
• 9.   Road relocation (pines to be welled)
  May 8, 1936
• 10.   Grade crossing, Daniels Gap before revision
  May 8, 1936
• 11.   Stone Steps W.M.L. Miller's house, possible quarry
  May 8, 1936
• 12.   Tree Wall
  June 3, 1936
• 13.   County road relocation and crossing
  June 3, 1936
• 14.   Early Construction
  June 27, 1936
• 15.   Proposed Parkway Crossing of NC Route 18 (1)
  June 28, 1936
• 16.   Proposed Crossing of NC 18 (3)
  June 28, 1936
• 17.   View of Proposed Crossing of NC 18 (2)
  June 28, 1936
• 18.   Proposed Site for Border of Section C and Section D
  June 28, 1936
• 19.   Early Construction
  July 31, 1936
• 20.   County Road, vicinity of sec. 2D, looking south over ridges which carry parkway
  August 1936
• 21.   Early Construction
  August 1936
• 22.   Hand-laid rock embankment
  August 14, 1936
• 23.   Hand-laid rock embankment construction
  August 14, 1936
• 24.   Hand-laid rock embankment detail
  August 14, 1936
• 25.   Handlaid rock embankment
  August 14, 1936
• 26.   Early Construction
  August 20, 1936
• 27.   Cabin within 100 foot right-of-way of the Parkway.
  September 10, 1936
• 28.   View of log cabin in vicinity of parkway
  September 10, 1936
• 29.   View from right bank of road looking north showing a pine wooded area through which the parkway travels.
  September 11, 1936
• 30.   Property of Robert L. Doughton Opposite 2D
  September 11, 1936
• 31.   Right headwall culvert, Type 3
  September 21, 1936
• 32.   Typical country road through North Carolina section of parkway. This is a usual road in good weather.
  October 20, 1936
• 33.   View looking south along parkway, showing need of guard rail
  October 20, 1936
• 34.   View of typical mountain cabin and surrounding area along road from Jefferson to Glendale Spring, NC (NC route 16)
  October 20, 1936
• 35.   Grading, old N.C. #16 crossing
  October 20, 1936
• 36.   Hand-laid rock embankment after cleanup
  October 25, 1936
• 37.   Retaining Wall Construction
  November 6, 1936
• 38.   View looking south along Parkway
  November 11, 1936

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