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• 1.   NP 21 before planting
  1938
• 2.   Land Acquisition Maps Section 2-C
  1938
• 3.   Land Acquisition Maps Section 2-A
  1938
• 4.   L.F. Caudill
  1938
• 5.   Shoulder construction, High Piney Ridge in background
  1938
• 6.   Rock cut at Devil's Garden
  1938
• 7.   Cumberland Park Pump House
  January 5, 1938
• 8.   Cumberland Knob Slope flattening at entrance
  January 24, 1938
• 9.   Mahogany Rock Parking Overlook after grading
  January 24, 1938
• 10.   Wildcat Rock and Lodge Parking area (proposed)
  March 1938
• 11.   Sheep Hill Brand Lodge Site and proposed water storage
  March 1938
• 12.   Spillage (smaller rock above) from excavation for north abutment of viaduct
  March 8, 1938
• 13.   View of road
  March 12, 1938
• 14.   The Bluff Crusher and Parkway
  March 12, 1938
• 15.   Picnic Table
  March 12, 1938
• 16.   Bridge - Grassy Gap Road
  March 12, 1938
• 17.   Road on Top of Hills
  March 12, 1938
• 18.   Picnic Table
  March 12, 1938
• 19.   Road construction to picnic area
  March 12, 1938
• 20.   Bridge - Grassy Gap Road
  March 12, 1938
• 21.   Picnic Shelter Blueprints
  April 11, 1938
• 22.   Taken to show log corner detail -- underexposed
  April 21, 1938
• 23.   Barn proposed for acquisition. Note logs and shake roof.
  April 21, 1938
• 24.   Devil's Garden Parking and Overlook after Grading
  April 21, 1938
• 25.   Front of barn as it would be seen from the parkway.
  April 21, 1938
• 26.   Shelter on Top of Cumberland Knob
  April 27, 1938
• 27.   Looking West from One of the Parking Areas South of Cumberland Knob
  April 27, 1938
• 28.   Forest Clearing
  May 11, 1938
• 29.   CCC Camp just moving in
  June 1938
• 30.   Big Cut at Devil's Garden
  June 14, 1938
• 31.   60ft cut at Devils Garden
  June 14, 1938
• 32.   Signs near parking area
  July 1, 1938
• 33.   Grade separation Class B masonry and concrete barrel
  July 1, 1938
• 34.   Grade separation, south elevation
  July 1938
• 35.   Water Fountain
  July 1938
• 36.   Inside of wall parking area
  July 11, 1938
• 37.   Face of Wall in Woods
  July 11, 1938
• 38.   Return Cabin Loop to Camping Loop
  July 11, 1938
• 39.   Dam site and watershed
  July 11, 1938
• 40.   Bluff Park from lodge site
  July 12, 1938
• 41.   Retaining Wall Picnic Area
  July 12, 1938
• 42.   West Abutment, Overpass US 21
  July 12, 1938
• 43.   Slope on Parkway
  July 16, 1938
• 44.   Unpaved roadway with erosion
  July 25, 1938
• 45.   Before grading. Rotten rock 1:1; ditch too narrow ugly profile.
  July 25, 1938
• 46.   Before grading. Cave-in on 1:1 slope. Will continue to slide unless flattened. Needs rounding.
  July 25, 1938
• 47.   Before grading. Steep, rotten rock cuts, shoulder and ditch. 2 ft short
  July 25, 1938
• 48.   Before grading. Tape used to show concave slope. Needs transition, overhand and wide rounding
  July 25, 1938
• 49.   Before grading. A 3/4 to 1 slope with almost vertical overhang of soft rock
  July 25, 1938
• 50.   Before grading. Cleared to connect slope line, with rock as excuse for steep slope. Ugly profile.
  July 25, 1938
• 51.   Washout at headwall. Shows need of different type of structure.
  August 1, 1938
• 52.   Water Storage Tank, Cabin Area
  September 28, 1938
• 53.   Entrance road to lodge site
  September 28, 1938
• 54.   Clearing for Water Supply Reservoir
  September 28, 1938
• 55.   Construction Unit Water Storage North End of Dam
  September 28, 1938
• 56.   Cut before grading
  October 2, 1938
• 57.   Northwest elevation showing grading.
  October 3, 1938
• 58.   Cut before grading
  October 4, 1938
• 59.   Fill before grading
  October 4, 1938
• 60.   Fill Before Grading
  October 6, 1938
• 61.   Spandrel Wall - Rubble wing wall and concrete vault
  October 18, 1938
• 62.   Before grading operation and clean-up, looking north
  October 18, 1938
• 63.   Expansion joints at junction of spandrel and wing walls
  October 18, 1938
• 64.   Cut before grading
  October 21, 1938
• 65.   Cut before grading
  October 21, 1938
• 66.   Cut before grading
  October 21, 1938
• 67.   Cut before grading
  October 21, 1938
• 68.   Cut, before grading
  November 11, 1938
• 69.   Fill, before grading
  November 7, 1938
• 70.   Fill, before grading
  November 7, 1938
• 71.   Cut before grading, looking back
  November 22, 1938
• 72.   Cut before grading, looking back
  November 22, 1938
• 73.   Cut before grading, looking back
  November 22, 1938
• 74.   Before grading
  December 1938
• 75.   Before grading
  December 1938
• 76.   Before grading
  December 1938
• 77.   Before Grading
  December 1938
• 78.   Before grading
  December 1938
• 79.   Before grading. Looking back across Hare Mill Pond
  December 15, 1938
• 80.   High cuts thru wooded area. During selective cutting.
  December 15, 1938

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