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• 1.   Construction Site
  1930s
• 2.   Bridge Tunnel
  May 23, 1936
• 3.   Early Construction
  June 28, 1936
• 4.   Road construction
  September 24, 1936
• 5.   Bulldozers and Construction
  September 25, 1936
• 6.   #3 Bridge Construction
  October 5, 1936
• 7.   Partly Completed Parking
  October 28, 1936
• 8.   Sample Wall
  November 6, 1936
• 9.   Station 258, Sec 2B Rock spilled down mountain side
  November 19, 1936
• 10.   Shovel and Tractor
  December 15, 1936
• 11.   Excavation Cut
  December 15, 1936
• 12.   Construction Slope
  December 15, 1936
• 13.   Rough Road
  December 15, 1936
• 14.   Construction materials
  February 4, 1937
• 15.   View near Junction of 2A/2B
  April 12, 1937
• 16.   Bridge #8
  April 12, 1937
• 17.   Preparing Sub-Grade
  April 14, 1937
• 18.   Sharp Curve Construction
  April 14, 1937
• 19.   Looking North Through Tunnel #2
  April 22, 1937
• 20.   View of Road Above Tunnel #2
  April 22, 1937
• 21.   Loading Rock at Retaining Wall
  April 22, 1937
• 22.   Rough grade cut
  April 23, 1937
• 23.   Linn Tractor dumping
  April 23, 1937
• 24.   Overpass construction
  May 4, 1937
• 25.   Drilling and Construction
  May 26, 1937
• 26.   Hand Placed Rock embankment
  May 26, 1937
• 27.   Wagon Drills
  May 26, 1937
• 28.   Road Construction
  May 26, 1937
• 29.   Dumping of Construction Material for replacing embankment
  July 28, 1937
• 30.   Quarry Operation for Masonry Material
  August 5, 1937
• 31.   Icy Rock Curve
  September 4, 1937
• 32.   Gasoline Truck
  September 14, 1937
• 33.   View of road
  October 12, 1937
• 34.   Tunnel #2
  October 15, 1937
• 35.   Bridge at Mulberry Gap
  January 10, 1939
• 36.   Rock cut
  August 8, 1939
• 37.   Brinegar Cabin Parking area Retaining wall outside
  December 1941
• 38.   Brinegar Cabin - parking area, heavy excavation
  January 1942
• 39.   Cumberland Knob
  June 1946
• 40.   Asheville Maint. Area (Before const. of permanent bldgs.)
  August 1956
• 41.   Bluffs Coffee Shop and Gas Station
  October 1956
• 42.   Bluffs Coffee Shop and Gas Station
  October 1956
• 43.   National Park Centennial
  1972
• 44.   National Park Centennial
  1972
• 45.   Cone Manor (Rehabilitation Progress)
  October 24, 1973
• 46.   Cone Manor (Rehabilitation Progress)
  October 24, 1973
• 47.   Soco Gap Maintenance Site
  August 1974
• 48.   Oconaluftee Terminus
  August 1974
• 49.   Repairs on the Irwin's View Trail
  October 14, 1976
• 50.   Repairs on the Irwin's View Trail
  October 14, 1976
• 51.   Aerials of Construction at Grandfather Mtn.
  September 22, 1979
• 52.   Aerials of Construction at Grandfather Mtn.
  September 22, 1979
• 53.   Aerials of Construction at Grandfather Mtn.
  September 22, 1979

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