Blue Ridge Parkway

1. Mitchell Falls Mt. Mitchell
20th Century

2. Curve in Road
20th Century

3. Scenic Views, Parkway N.C.
20th Century

4. Tunnel, Blue Ridge Parkway
20th Century

5. Rocky Part of the Parkway
20th Century

6. Rocky Part of the Parkway
20th Century

7. South tunnel portal
1930s

8. North Portal Tanbark Ridge Tunnel
1930s

9. Rocky Ledge
1930s

10. Rock Embankment
1930s

11. Unidentified Construction
1930s

12. Parkway Construction
1930s

13. Grandfather Mt Balanced Rock
June 1934

14. Devils Garden Showing Steep Rocky Slopes
May 31, 1935

15. Cliffs along Linville River 1,000 Feet Upstream from Bridge
August 1, 1935

16. Stone quarry for Roaring Gap Hotel
September 18, 1935

17. Rock filled tiled drain left of center line
November 26, 1935

18. Dry Masonry Stone Foundation, slaty schist.
February 19, 1936

19. Early Construction
July 23, 1936

20. Path North over Proposed Bridge
July 23, 1936

21. Cumberland Knob #1
July 23, 1936

22. Under Drain
July 23, 1936

23. View from Highest Point in Cumberland Knob
August 1936

24. Fern Covered Rock along Trail
August 1936

25. Wildcat Rocks
August 3, 1936

26. Bridge Site #6, Southwest Wing Wall, Pine Creek Bridge No. 6
August 4, 1936

27. Toe Ditch
August 14, 1936

28. Hand-laid rock embankment
August 14, 1936

29. Road View
August 14, 1936

30. Hand-laid rock embankment construction
August 14, 1936

31. Road Construction
August 14, 1936

32. Hand-placed rock wall
August 20, 1936

33. Rock wall on side of road
August 23, 1936

34. Early Construction
August 24, 1936

35. View of Rock cut looking south
September 1936

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

37. View looking north along cut through Ice Rock section of Parkway near Bluffs Park area
September 11, 1936

38. Falls in Basin Creek Bluff Park
September 11, 1936

39. Area at Otter Creek crossing showing pool
September 17, 1936

40. Near Entrance Tunnel #1
September 25, 1936

41. Rock face and Side Slope
September 25, 1936

42. Rock Wall
September 25, 1936

43. Access Road Construction
October 2, 1936

44. Construction of prop. wall
October 4, 1936

45. #4 Bridge Construction
October 5, 1936

46. Top of #4 Bridge
October 5, 1936

47. Stone Cement Gutter
October 5, 1936

48. Gutter under construction
October 13, 1936

49. View of table rock formation in valley to the east of parkway
October 22, 1936

50. Hand-laid rock embankment after cleanup
October 25, 1936

51. Bridge #6 Construction
October 29, 1936

52. Icy Rock Cut (4)
October 31, 1936

53. Across Icy Rock Curve
October 31, 1936

54. Icy Rock Cut (3)
October 31, 1936

55. Icy Rock Cut
October 31, 1936

56. Icy Rock Curve (2)
October 31, 1936

57. Icy Rock Curve
October 31, 1936

58. Retaining Wall Construction
November 6, 1936

59. Road Through Rock
November 9, 1936

60. Hand-placed rock embankment
November 11, 1936

61. Hand-placed rock embankment
November 11, 1936

62. View looking north across Ice Rock area
November 11, 1936

63. Hand-laid rock embankment
November 11, 1936

64. View looking south across Ice Rock toward hand-laid rock embankmen
November 11, 1936

65. Crew working in cut
November 11, 1936

66. Ahead on Line
November 11, 1936

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

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

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

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

71. Close-up of hand-laid rock embankment
November 19, 1936

72. Hand laid rock embankment showing small stone
November 19, 1936

73. Rock Quarry
December 5, 1936

74. HPRE Face
December 5, 1936

75. Rock Cutting
December 5, 1936

76. Men at HPRE Wall
December 5, 1936

77. Rock and Filling
December 7, 1936

78. Through Rough Rock
December 14, 1936

79. Tunnel Entrance
December 14, 1936

80. Rock embankment and culvert
February 4, 1937

81. Rock embankment and stream
February 4, 1937

82. Rock cut and tunnel
February 8, 1937

83. Road and rock pile
February 8, 1937

84. Cement stone wall
February 10, 1937

85. Retaining Wall
February 10, 1937

86. Rock formation 46' right
February 26, 1937

87. Rock formation 75' right
February 26, 1937

88. Hand-laid rock embankment
April 2, 1937

89. Hand-laid rock embankment
April 2, 1937

90. Left End of Bridge #9
April 12, 1937

91. Bridge Rock Detail
April 12, 1937

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

93. South End of Quarry
April 14, 1937

94. Sharp Curve Construction
April 14, 1937

95. Loading Holes for Blasting
April 14, 1937

96. North Through Tunnel #1
April 22, 1937

97. Construction of Tunnel #2
April 22, 1937

98. Drill Operation
April 22, 1937

99. Loading Rock at Retaining Wall
April 22, 1937

100. Completed Cement Retaining Wall
April 22, 1937

101. Looking North Through Tunnel #2
April 22, 1937

102. View of Road Above Tunnel #2
April 22, 1937

103. Tunnel Construction
April 22, 1937

104. Looking Through Tunnel #1
April 22, 1937

105. View of Rock Cut
April 23, 1937

106. Rock shot
April 23, 1937

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

108. Hand Placed Rock
May 20, 1937

109. Icy Rock Curve
May 26, 1937

110. Hand Placed Rock embankment
May 26, 1937

111. Detail of surrounding rocks
May 29, 1937

112. Rough headwall
June 8, 1937

113. Cement Stone Gutter Along Rock Bank
July 28, 1937

114. South End of Tunnel 2
August 4, 1937

115. North Entrance of Tunnel 1
August 4, 1937

116. South End of Tunnel 1
August 4, 1937

117. North Along Rough Grade at 581-50
August 5, 1937

118. Right of "North Along Rough Grade at 581-50"
August 5, 1937

119. Quarry Operation for Masonry Material
August 5, 1937

120. Partially Built Retaining Wall at 537
August 5, 1937

121. Rock Slide at 576
August 5, 1937

122. Ice Rock Wall
August 18, 1937

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

124. Gutter Work along Rock Face
September 4, 1937

125. Stone masonry retaining wall
September 4, 1937

126. Hoist On A Fordson Tractor
September 9, 1937

127. Deep Rock Cut
September 9, 1937

128. Fill Slide
September 9, 1937

129. Crushing Plant
September 9, 1937

130. South Entrance Tunnel #1
September 9, 1937

131. Tunnel Excavation
September 14, 1937

132. Deep Rock Cut North
September 14, 1937

133. Air Bellows Gap Underpass
September 21, 1937

134. West wingwall Air Bellows Gap Underpass
September 23, 1937

135. Winding Road
October 11, 1937

136. Stone Gutter
October 11, 1937

137. Stone Hillside Work
October 11, 1937

138. Paving Gutters
October 11, 1937

139. Rock Embankment
October 11, 1937

140. Water Channel
October 11, 1937

141. Dirt Road
October 11, 1937

142. Rock Cut - Devil's Garden
October 13, 1937

143. Inside of a Tunnel
October 15, 1937

144. Ice Formations
November 1937

145. Ice Rock
November 20, 1937

146. Rock Overcast - Cleared and Obliterated
1938

147. Excessive rock spillage in ravine from cut
March 8, 1938

148. Rock spillage in ravine under structure, foreground
March 8, 1938

149. Rock Overcast on Lower Side thru Cut, Before Cleanup
April 25, 1938

150. Looking Down the Back Side of thru Rock Cut
April 25, 1938

151. Rock overcast at lower side through rock cut
April 25, 1938

152. Lower side thru rock cut at 335 strewn with rock due to overshooting
April 25, 1938

153. Large rock fragments over cast on lower of the rock cut as a result of overshooting
April 25, 1938

154. Big Cut at Devil's Garden
June 14, 1938

155. Table Rock
July 14, 1938

156. Fill scar area and overcast material
June 25, 1938

157. Fill scar, slide area and overcast material
June 25, 1938

158. Stack Rock
July 13, 1938

159. Before grading. A 3/4 to 1 slope with almost vertical overhang of soft rock
July 25, 1938

160. Devils Court House
July 27, 1938

161. Example of Effective Holding In, or Fill by Laying Fill
August 31, 1939

162. Excessive overcast yardage from bench cut in rock
December 1938

163. Excessive overcast yardage from bench cut in rock, looking down from shoulder
December 1938

164. From south end of Ice Rock
January 2, 1939

165. North end of ice rock
January 16, 1939

166. Road Construction
May 11, 1939

167. Rock Drilling
May 24, 1939

168. Rock Cut at Station 123-50
May 24, 1939

169. Natural arch rock about 100' high
May 26, 1939

170. Undercutting Fill Slopes for Stream Relocation
August 1939

171. Stream undermining Abutment from upstream
August 1, 1939

172. Rock cut
August 8, 1939

173. Wild Cat Overlook from Below
October 26, 1939

174. Wild Cat Rock
1940

175. Heavy Slide
1940

176. Grade Separation Structure Over US 21 Looking Northwest
1940

177. View looking south on parkway
1940

178. "Old Man of the Mountain" near the Falls of Dan, and only 1 mile north of the Pinnacles
Early 1940s

179. Flood Damage
August 17, 1940

180. Rock Wall
February 18, 1941

181. Rock Wall
February 18, 1941

182. Rock Wall
February 18, 1941

183. Rock Wall
February 18, 1941

184. Trench
March 28, 1941

185. Guard wall (sample sec.) Show rear elevation of wall and rear batter.
August 1941

186. Brinegar Cabin, Spring House, Spring Retaining Wall
January 1942

187. Overpass Structure, Section 2M
January 1942

188. Rock Embankment
April 10, 1942

189. Rock Embankment
April 10, 1942

190. Fill Slope where Slide Continues, Post Construction
May 6, 1942

191. Ice Rock
June 11, 1942

192. Narrows at Bluff Park
June 11, 1942

193. Ice Rock
June 11, 1942

194. Slide in Ditch Line
June 11, 1942

195. Removing Rock Slide
July 7, 1942

196. Removing rock slide from ditch line
August 26, 1942

197. From portal of tunnel looking south
November 4, 1942

198. Finished Roadway
November 4, 1942

199. Explosion View of Portal of Tunnel
November 4, 1942

200. Finished Roadway
November 4, 1942

201. Tunnel Portal
January 6, 1943

202. Tunnel #1 West Portal
April 28, 1943

203. Tunnel No. 1 East Portal
April 28, 1943

204. Tunnel No. 1 West Portal
April 28, 1943

205. Tunnel #1 West Portal
April 28, 1943

206. Balsam, Grading, and Ranger Smith and Liles
July 1944

207. Shovel Working Construction
April 12, 1945

208. Parkway near Mahogany Rock P.O.
1946

209. Scenic Views, Parkway N.C.
June 1946

210. Camp Creek Bridge
June 1946

211. Parkway near Devils Garden P.O.
June 1946

212. Upper Falls, Linville Falls
June 1946

213. Tunnel
June 1946

214. Craggy Pinnacle Tunnel
June 1946

215. Blue Ridge Parkway at Ice Rock
June 1946

216. Tunnel 819
June 1946

217. Cross rocks, looking south
November 15, 1946

218. Cross rocks, looking northeast
November 15, 1946

219. Cross rocks looking north
November 15, 1946

220. Cross rocks, looking northeast
November 15, 1946

221. Cross rocks looking N.W.
November 15, 1946

222. Interpretive sign for Caudill Cabin at Wildcat Rock Overlook
April 1947

223. Rock Embankment
June 1947

224. Relocation Rte 43 Cut station
September 1947

225. Sharp Top Trail
April 1948

226. Sharp Top Trail
April 1948

227. Views of Sharp Top Trail
April 28, 1948

228. Sharp Top Trail
April 28, 1948

229. Section 2F near Blowing Rock, N.C.
September 1948

230. Thrasher accident of Sept 19, 1948 showing points of impact; rock wall
September 26, 1948

231. Peaks of Otter Sharp Top pedestrian shelter and parking area
July 8, 1949

232. Sharp Top pedestrian shelter and parking area
July 8, 1949

233. Peaks of Otter. Sharp Top pedestrian shelter and parking area
July 8, 1949

234. Sharp Top Pedestrian Shelter and Parking Area
July 8, 1949

235. Peaks of Otter. Sharp Top pedestrian shelter and parking area
July 8, 1949

236. Fill settlement and slide
1951

237. Rock Wall, Project 2M2
February 27, 1951

238. Slide Near Crabtree Meadows
November 1951

239. Shelter, Sharp Top
1952

240. Sharp Top
1952

241. View of Automobile and Rock
February 8, 1952

242. Fallen rock
February 8, 1952

243. Rock with Leaves
February 8, 1952

244. Rock Slide
May 19, 1952

245. Construction Site
June 3, 1953

246. Road Construction
June 3, 1953

247. Rocky Overhang
April 1, 1954

248. Drilling for Blasting in a Mica Mine in North Carolina
1955

249. Rock Slide on Gillespie Gap
February 20, 1955

250. Mining mica from open pit
Spring 1955

251. Work Site
May 4, 1955

252. #22, Picnic Area
October 9, 1955

253. Camp rock near Craggy Pinnacle
March 1956

254. Proposed Exhibit Planned by W. M. Graham for the Museum of N. C. Minerals
November 1956

255. Rock Slide
April 3, 1957

256. Bridge Construction
July 30, 1957

257. Garnets in Geiss
September 1958

258. South-east Wing Wall
November 14, 1958

259. Garnets in Schist
January 14, 1959

260. Garnets in Schist
January 14, 1959

261. Waterrock Knob
September 17, 1959

262. Upturned strata
October 1959

263. Parkway with Waterrock Knob in background
October 1959

264. Crabtree Falls Nature Walk
1960s

265. Interpretive Sign - Mt. Airy Granite
July 1964

266. Interpretive Sign - Mt. Airy Granite
July 1964

267. Exhibit Panel
August 1965

268. GARNETS Exhibit
August 1965

269. Flat Rock Trail Repair
1970s

270. Rock Slides
1970s

271. Slides
1970s

272. Slides
1970s

273. Slides
1970s

274. Slides
1970s

275. Berm Erosion
June 5, 1973

276. Rock and mud slides heavy rains
June 5, 1973

277. Rock Slide
June 5, 1973

278. Road Patching
June 5, 1973

279. Rock and Mud Slides from Heavy Rains
June 5, 1973

280. Mountain Climbing Practice
July 28, 1973

281. Mountain climbing practice
July 28, 1973

282. Mountain Climbing Practice
July 28, 1973

283. Mountain Climbing Practice
July 28, 1973

284. Mountain Climbing Practice
July 28, 1973

285. Mountain Climbing Practice
July 28, 1973

286. Crabtree Meadows
July 31, 1973

287. Big Spring
August 1973

288. Beacon Heights
August 9, 1973

289. Geology Tour
August 16, 1973

290. Construction Work
September 18, 1973

291. Construction Work
September 18, 1973

292. Construction Work
September 18, 1973

293. Construction Work
September 18, 1973

294. Grandfather Mtn. Construction
October 23, 1973

295. Grandfather Mtn. Construction
October 23, 1973

296. Grandfather Mtn. Construction
October 23, 1973

297. Grandfather Mtn. Construction
October 23, 1973

298. Grandfather Mtn. Construction
October 23, 1973

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

300. Vandalism (Painting)
March 1974

301. Crafts
May 31, 1974

302. Crafts - Mining Emeralds
June 6, 1974

303. Crafts - Mining Emeralds
June 6, 1974

304. Grandfather Mtn. Progress
October 1975

305. Parkway Environmental Preservation
October 1975

306. Grandfather Mtn. Progress
October 1975

307. Linville River near Falls
August 1978

308. Linville River near Falls
August 1978

309. Linville River near Falls
August 1978

310. Linville River near Falls
August 1978

311. Linville River near Falls
August 1978

312. Linville River near Falls
August 1978

313. Color Time Traffic
October 13, 1978

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

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

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

317. Construction - Grandfather Mountain
October 18, 1973

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