Blue Ridge Parkway

1. Maintenance
20th Century

2. Construction from Sta. looking west Sec. 2-Z
20th Century

3. Dam
November, year unknown

4. Dam
May 19, year unknown

5. Backfilling 4x3 box culvert
June 20, year unknown

6. Bridge
September 18, year unknown

7. Middle Fork Bridge Under Construction
1930s

8. Parkway Road Construction
1930s

9. Linville Bridge
1930s

10. Parkway Road Construction
1930s

11. Parkway Construction
1930s

12. Road Construction
1930s

13. Bridge Construction
1930s

14. Construction Site
1930s

15. A & W grader - grading overburden
1930s

16. Stone Masons
1935

17. Road Construction
June 3, 1955

18. Road Construction
June 3, 1955

19. First Gradeing Contract
September 1935

20. First Grading Contract
September 1935

21. First Gradeing Contract
September 1935

22. First Grading Contract
September 1935

23. Early Construction
November 1, 1935

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

25. View of Wagon Drill
May 2, 1936

26. Drilling Operations
May 2, 1936

27. Road relocation (pines to be welled)
May 8, 1936

28. Heavy Machinery and Construction
May 23, 1936

29. Bridge Tunnel
May 23, 1936

30. Bridge Construction
May 23, 1936

31. Workers and Machinery at Work in Section 2A
July 22, 1936

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

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

34. Grade Correcting During Construction
July 22, 1936

35. Shovel loading
July 23, 1936

36. Early Construction
July 23, 1936

37. NC #104 Relocation, Sec 2M Parkway Access Drive
July 25, 1936

38. Drilling Operations. Looking across parkway line toward the west
August 1936

39. Drilling and shoveling Operations
August 1936

40. Early Construction
August 1936

41. Tunnel Construction
August 14, 1936

42. Super Reliance Grader "Caterpillar"
August 14, 1936

43. Machinery and Hillside
August 14, 1936

44. Proposed Tunnel Site
August 14, 1936

45. Road Construction
August 14, 1936

46. Linn Truck
August 17, 1936

47. Koehring "Dumptor"
August 17, 1936

48. Construction Equipment
August 17, 1936

49. Mountain slope and construction
August 20, 1936

50. Bridge 4, excavation site
August 22, 1936

51. Ahead at site of excavation for bridge #4.
August 22, 1936

52. View looking south along parkway, showing construction operations
September 1936

53. View looking south on parkway showing construction and drilling operations
September 10, 1936

54. View looking south along Ice Rock section of parkway
September 11, 1936

55. Road construction
September 24, 1936

56. Bulldozers and Construction
September 25, 1936

57. Access Road Construction
October 2, 1936

58. Back from Station 5
October 4, 1936

59. Proposed Route 18 Crossing
October 4, 1936

60. Road Grade near NC Route 18
October 4, 1936

61. Top of #4 Bridge
October 5, 1936

62. Construction at Bridge #4
October 5, 1936

63. Left Wing of Bridge #4
October 5, 1936

64. Top of #4 Bridge
October 5, 1936

65. #3 Bridge Construction
October 5, 1936

66. #4 Bridge Construction
October 5, 1936

67. Cement Pouring at Bridge #10
October 5, 1936

68. Icy Rock Cut
October 31, 1936

69. Icy Rock Cut (2)
October 31, 1936

70. Rough Grade Work
October 31, 1936

71. Road Construction
November 9, 1936

72. Looking back at cut and general damage
November 11, 1936

73. Looking back at cut and general damage
November 11, 1936

74. Station 258 Sec 2B Hand-laid rock embankment
November 19, 1936

75. Station 258, Sec 2B Rock fill adjacent to hand-laid rock embankment
November 19, 1936

76. Station 258. Sec 2B Hand-laid rock embankment and rock fill being placed.
November 19, 1936

77. Station 258, Sec 2B Rock spilled down mountain side
November 19, 1936

78. General view showing machinery making fill through low wet area
November 25, 1936

79. Bridge Construction
December 1, 1936

80. Rock Cutting
December 5, 1936

81. Rock Quarry
December 5, 1936

82. HPRE Face
December 5, 1936

83. Men at HPRE Wall
December 5, 1936

84. Rock and Filling
December 7, 1936

85. South Tunnel Entrance
December 14, 1936

86. Tunnel Entrance
December 14, 1936

87. North Tunnel Portal
December 14, 1936

88. Shovel and Tractor
December 15, 1936

89. Excavation Cut
December 15, 1936

90. Rough Road
December 15, 1936

91. Wagon Drill
December 15, 1936

92. Construction Slope
December 15, 1936

93. View of road
February 8, 1937

94. View of road
February 8, 1937

95. Rock cut and tunnel
February 8, 1937

96. Retaining Wall
February 8, 1937

97. Cleared ridge
February 10, 1937

98. Riveters working
April 6, 1937

99. Bridge Construction
April 10, 1937

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

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

102. South End of Quarry
April 14, 1937

103. Preparing Sub-Grade
April 14, 1937

104. Drill Operation
April 22, 1937

105. Loading Rock at Retaining Wall
April 22, 1937

106. Construction on Cement Retaining Wall
April 22, 1937

107. Construction of Tunnel #2
April 22, 1937

108. Masonry Wall Building
April 22, 1937

109. Tunnel Construction
April 22, 1937

110. Rock shot
April 23, 1937

111. Rough grade cut
April 23, 1937

112. wagon drilling
April 23, 1937

113. Linn Tractor dumping
April 23, 1937

114. Center line on Tunnel #1
April 27, 1937

115. Drilling and Construction
May 26, 1937

116. Road Construction
May 26, 1937

117. Wagon Drills
May 26, 1937

118. Preparations for Cement Wall
July 28, 1937

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

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

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

122. Retaining Wall along Icy Rock
September 4, 1937

123. Hoist On A Fordson Tractor
September 9, 1937

124. Crushing Plant
September 9, 1937

125. Viaduct Pier #4
September 12, 1937

126. Viaduct pier #4
September 12, 1937

127. Gasoline Truck
September 14, 1937

128. Tunnel Excavation
September 14, 1937

129. Bucyrus Erie shovel
September 14, 1937

130. Gardner-Denver machinery
September 14, 1937

131. Tunnel Excavation
September 14, 1937

132. Unfinished Construction
October 12, 1937

133. Inside of a Tunnel
October 15, 1937

134. Construction - Crusher
October 21, 1937

135. The Bluff Crusher and Parkway
March 12, 1938

136. Shovel working on top of 100' cut
August 16, 1938

137. Tunnel #1 cut during excavation
October 1938

138. Tunnel #1 cut during excavation
October 1938

139. Cut at Station 277
February 27, 1939

140. New Cut slope
April 29, 1939

141. Wall Excavation
May 3, 1939

142. Road Construction
May 11, 1939

143. Workers and wall construction
May 24, 1939

144. Rock Drilling
May 24, 1939

145. Overpass Structure 2D-4 North Elevation
September 9, 1938

146. CCC Bulldozer and Truck
1940

147. Tye River Gap Bridge construction
1940s

148. Tye River Gap bridge construction
1940s

149. Grading
1940

150. CCC H.D. Trent & Heavy equip.
1940s

151. CCC Bulldozer and Truck
1940

152. Overpass at Buck Creek Gap
January 21, 1941

153. Overpass at Buck Creek Gap
February 18, 1941

154. Trench
March 28, 1941

155. Wall Construction
April 10, 1941

156. Over Million Dollars In Road Work Under Construction
May 15, 1941

157. South Abutment, Grade Separation
June 30, 1941

158. Grade Separation, South Abutment
June 30, 1941

159. Brinegar Cabin Parking Area
January 1942

160. Brinegar Cabin - parking area, heavy excavation
January 1942

161. Snow WPA Clearing the Road
March 1942

162. Snow. Austin-Weston grader used to clear road
March 1942

163. Snow, Austin-Weston Grader Used to Clear Road
March 1942

164. Clearing-Mill Pond Site
June 1942

165. Flume construction-main branch
June 1942

166. Flume construction-main branch
June 1942

167. 30" timber for water-wheel shaft
June 1942

168. Flume construction
August 1942

169. Sorghum Mill
August 1942

170. Guard Wall Construction
February 2, 1943

171. Shovel Working Construction
April 12, 1945

172. Water bound base course
August 12, 1946

173. Rolling and brooming water bound base stone and dust
August 27, 1946

174. Peaks of Otter terminal, stone curb construction
July 23, 1947

175. During preparatory grading before planting
October 30, 1947

176. Top soiling prior to seeding
May 20, 1948

177. Radio Antenna Tower Installation
October 8, 1948

178. Radio Antenna Tower Installation
October 8, 1948

179. Radio Antenna Tower Installation
October 8, 1948

180. Radio Antenna Tower Installation
October 8, 1948

181. Radio Antenna Tower Installation
October 8, 1948

182. Radio Antenna Tower Installation
October 8, 1948

183. 2-F Viaduct
October 20, 1948

184. Producing Asphalt
June 24, 1950

185. Grading project
April 1, 1953

186. Grading project
April 1, 1953

187. Construction Site
June 3, 1953

188. Road Construction
June 3, 1953

189. Quarry Drilling
June 3, 1953

190. Road Work
June 3, 1953

191. Work Site
May 4, 1955

192. Road Construction
August 3, 1955

193. Road Construction
August 3, 1955

194. Road Construction
August 23, 1955

195. Road Construction
October 12, 1955

196. Sherrill Cove Tunnel
1956

197. Road Construction
May 21, 1956

198. Grist Mill in operation
July 1956

199. Wildacres Tunnel
April 11, 1957

200. Bridge Construction
July 30, 1957

201. Bridge Construction
October 8, 1957

202. Snow Drift
January 1958

203. Mission 66 sign
August 22, 1958

204. Mission 66 sign
August 22, 1958

205. Soil spreader on rt. shoulder headed north
June 19, 1959

206. Soil spreader, parked at storage trailer
June 19, 1959

207. Shovel dozer at borrow pit on Perry Property
June 20, 1959

208. Lumbering
1960s

209. Excavation - Lodge Site, Peaks of Otter
January 21, 1960

210. Excavation - Lodge Site, Peaks of Otter
January 21, 1960

211. Construction of Bridge, Balsam Gap
August 20, 1962

212. Ice Storm - 1969
1969

213. Grandfather Mtn. Const.
1970s

214. Grandfather Mtn. Const.
1970s

215. Holloway Mt. Rd. Bridge Grandfather Mt Construction
November 1971

216. Holloway Mountain Road Bridge Grandfather Mt construction
November 1971

217. Maintenance Area
1973

218. Storage Area - Neglected Equipment and Poor Maint.
1973

219. Road Stripping - Yellow Road
June 5, 1973

220. Road Stripping - Yellow Road
June 5, 1973

221. Grandfather Mountain Progress
August 1973

222. Grandfather Mountain Progress
August 1973

223. Grandfather Mtn. Progress
August 9, 1973

224. Grandfather Mtn. Progress
August 9, 1973

225. Grandfather Mtn. Progress
August 9, 1973

226. Construction Work
September 18, 1973

227. Construction Work
September 18, 1973

228. Construction Work
September 18, 1973

229. Construction Work
September 18, 1973

230. Grandfather Mtn. Construction
October 23, 1973

231. Grandfather Mtn. Construction
October 23, 1973

232. Grandfather Mtn. Construction
October 23, 1973

233. Grandfather Mtn. Construction
October 23, 1973

234. Grandfather Mtn. Construction
October 23, 1973

235. Grandfather Mtn. Construction
October 23, 1973

236. Grandfather Mtn. Construction
October 23, 1973

237. Grandfather Mtn. Construction
October 23, 1973

238. Grandfather Mountain Construction
October 23, 1973

239. Landslide
November 2, 1973

240. Landslide
November 2, 1973

241. Construction, South End of Grandfather Mtn. Project
November 29, 1973

242. Road (Access) Repair
November 29, 1973

243. Progress - Grandfather Mtn.
February 20, 1974

244. Progress - Grandfather Mtn.
February 20, 1974

245. Progress Grandfather Mtn.
February 20, 1974

246. Road repair - asphalt
October 14, 1976

247. Road repair - asphalt
October 14, 1976

248. Repairs on the Irwin's View Trail
October 14, 1976

249. Road Repair - asphalt.
October 14, 1976

250. Road Repair - asphalt.
October 14, 1976

251. Road repair - asphalt
October 14, 1976

252. Repairing Parkway near Alta Pass
July 1978

253. Construction at Grandfather Mtn.
September 22, 1978

254. Linn Cove Viaduct Construction
September 1979

255. Construction at Grandfather
September 22, 1979

256. Construction at Grandfather
September 22, 1979

257. Construction at Grandfather
September 22, 1979

258. Aerials of Construction at Grandfather Mountain
September 22, 1979

259. Construction at Grandfather
September 22, 1979

260. Construction at Grandfather
September 22, 1979

261. Construction at Grandfather
September 22, 1979

262. Construction at Grandfather
September 22, 1979

263. Aerials of Construction at Grandfather
September 22, 1979

264. Construction at Grandfather
September 22, 1979

265. Grandfather Mtn. Construction
September 22, 1979

266. Construction at Grandfather
September 22, 1979

267. Grandfather Mtn. Road/Bridge Construction
October 2, 1981

268. Grandfather Mtn. Road/Bridge Construction
October 2, 1981

269. Grandfather Mtn. Road/Bridge Construction
October 2, 1981

270. Grandfather Mtn. Road/Bridge Construction
October 2, 1981

271. Grandfather Mountain Road/Bridge Construction
October 2, 1981

272. Grandfather Mountain Road/Bridge Construction
October 2, 1981

273. Grandfather Mtn. Road/Bridge Construction
October 2, 1981

274. Grandfather Mtn. Road/Bridge Construction
October 2, 1981

275. Grandfather Mtn. Road/Bridge Construction
October 2, 1981

276. Grandfather Mtn. Road/Bridge Construction
October 2, 1981

277. Grandfather Mtn. Road/Bridge Construction
October 2, 1981

278. Grandfather Mtn. Road/Bridge Construction
October 2, 1981

279. Grandfather Mtn. Road/Bridge Cosntruction
October 2, 1981

280. Grandfather Mtn. Road/Bridge Construction
October 2, 1981

281. Grandfather Mtn. Road/Bridge Construction
October 2, 1981

282. Grandfather Mtn. Road/Bridge Construction
October 2, 1981

283. Grandfather Mtn. Road/Bridge Construction
October 2, 1981

284. Linn Cove Viaduct Construction
1980s

285. Construction - Grandfather Mountain
October 18, 1973

286. Construction - Grandfather Mountain
October 18, 1973

287. Grandfather Mountain Const.
1980s

288. Grandfather Mountain Const.
1980s

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