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• 1.   Before grading. Gullies and cave-ins. Slope too steep.
  July 25, 1935
• 2.   Before grading. Gullies in fill. Soil erosive. Needs flattening.
  July 25, 1935
• 3.   Before grading. Detail showing depth of gullies in erosive soil. Rock decomposed into sand.
  July 25, 1935
• 4.   Before grading. Deep gullies in erosive soil. Need flattening and rounding. Contour ditches required above.
  July 25, 1935
• 5.   General ground conditions, showing cut-over ground and erosion, also pine coming back.
  April 16, 1936
• 6.   General ground conditions, showing erosion
  April 16, 1936
• 7.   Log Cribbing and Check Dams for Erosion Control
  May 25, 1936
• 8.   Log cribbing and check for erosion control
  May 26, 1936
• 9.   Log cribbing and check dams for erosion control
  May 26, 1936
• 10.   Log Cribbing and Check Dams for Erosion Control
  May 26, 1936
• 11.   Erosion near the Bluffs at the head of Basin Creek
  October 20, 1936
• 12.   Erosion near the Bluffs at the head of Basin Creek
  October 20, 1936
• 13.   Wood cutting A.C. Nolen
  March 10, 1937
• 14.   Wood cutting A.C. Nolen
  March 10, 1937
• 15.   Erosion
  May 20, 1937
• 16.   Erosion
  May 20, 1937
• 17.   Erosion
  May 20, 1937
• 18.   Water Channel
  October 11, 1937
• 19.   Before grading. Cave-in on 1:1 slope. Will continue to slide unless flattened. Needs rounding.
  July 25, 1938
• 20.   Unpaved roadway with erosion
  July 25, 1938
• 21.   Washout at headwall. Shows need of different type of structure.
  August 1, 1938
• 22.   Before flood and P.R.A. regrading
  September 25, 1939
• 23.   Before flood and P.R.A. regrading
  September 25, 1939
• 24.   60 foot cut: Great quantities of natural ground water cause trouble in this cut
  July 26, 1940
• 25.   Flood Damage
  August 17, 1940
• 26.   Flood damage fill wash
  August 21, 1940
• 27.   Gutter, Shoulder, and Part of Road Washed Out
  August 16, 1940
• 28.   Road washed out
  August 16, 1940
• 29.   Complete slide where earth was saturated with water
  August 16, 1940
• 30.   Complete washout in road Flood damage
  August 16, 1940
• 31.   Complete Slide from Cut
  August 16, 1940
• 32.   Soil Erosion
  1941
• 33.   Gully control (after)
  July 26, 1941
• 34.   Alligator Back Sheet erosion control (after)
  July 26, 1941
• 35.   Sheet erosion control (after)
  July 26, 1941
• 36.   Gully control (after)
  July 26, 1941
• 37.   Severe sheet and some gully erosion (before)
  August 1941
• 38.   Gully and sheet erosion work completed
  August 1941
• 39.   Gully and sheet erosion (work started)
  November 1941
• 40.   Severe sheet and some gully erosion (after) see neg# 5436
  November 1941
• 41.   Gully control (after) Beng, N.C.
  November 1941
• 42.   Gully and sheet erosion (mulching with pine)
  November 1941
• 43.   Shows active gully and sheet erosion (before)
  November 1941
• 44.   Gully and Sheet Erosion
  July 1, 1942
• 45.   Gully and sheet erosion, large pasture with active sheet erosion.
  September 1942
• 46.   Soil Erosion Before Erosion Control Work
  November 1942
• 47.   Soil Erosion Before Erosion Control Work
  November 1942
• 48.   Utilization of brush (provided from selective cutting) to control erosion
  May 13, 1943
• 49.   Sheet and gully erosion
  June 25, 1943
• 50.   Sheet erosion proposed control S & M.C. 1944 before
  June 25, 1943
• 51.   Erosion to be controlled under 1944 S. & M.C.
  October 6, 1943
• 52.   Erosion to be controlled under 1944 S. & M.C.
  October 6, 1943
• 53.   Gully and sheet erosion.
  August 1944
• 54.   Gully and sheet erosion
  August 1944
• 55.   "Before picture" shows close-up of severe sheet erosion. "After picture" neg #5443
  August 1944
• 56.   "After picture" shows same area controlled by pine brush mulching and seeding to Lespedeza sericea. Before picture neg# 5442
  March 1946
• 57.   Berm Erosion
  June 5, 1973
• 58.   Berm Erosion
  June 5, 1973
• 59.   Berm Erosion
  June 5, 1973
• 60.   Rock and mud slides heavy rains
  June 5, 1973
• 61.   Berm erosion
  June 5, 1973
• 62.   Berm Erosion
  June 5, 1973
• 63.   Berm Erosion
  June 5, 1973
• 64.   Oral History Interview with William Hooper, January 6, 2001
  January 6, 2001

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