Blue Ridge Parkway

1. Land Acquisition Maps Section 2-B
1937

2. Gaunt dead chestnut against woods background.
1937

3. Road and Parking Area
1937

4. Building - razed
January 12, 1937

5. Lakes-To-Florida Highway Is Being Improved In Co.
January 21, 1937

6. Route 18 Crossing
February 2, 1937

7. Route 18 Intersection
February 2, 1937

8. Cumberland Knob Drive
February 2, 1937

9. Finished Slopes
February 2, 1937

10. Curved Road
February 2, 1937

11. Men cleaning gutter
February 2, 1937

12. Intersection Corner
February 2, 1937

13. Cumberland Knob Parking
February 2, 1937

14. Unsurfaced Road
February 2, 1937

15. Drain Wall
February 2, 1937

16. Early construction
February 2, 1937

17. Car on Road
February 2, 1937

18. Winding Road
February 2, 1937

19. Completed Road
February 2, 1937

20. Bridge Arch
February 3, 1937

21. Bridge Abutment
February 4, 1937

22. Bridge Construction
February 4, 1937

23. Bridge #9 construction
February 4, 1937

24. Bridge #8
February 4, 1937

25. Bridge Construction
February 4, 1937

26. Rock embankment and culvert
February 4, 1937

27. Construction materials
February 4, 1937

28. Rock embankment and stream
February 4, 1937

29. Early Construction
February 5, 1937

30. Early construction
February 8, 1937

31. Rock cut and tunnel
February 8, 1937

32. View of road
February 8, 1937

33. Road and tunnel
February 8, 1937

34. Retaining Wall
February 8, 1937

35. View of road
February 8, 1937

36. Road and rock pile
February 8, 1937

37. Cement stone wall
February 10, 1937

38. Cleared ridge
February 10, 1937

39. Retaining Wall
February 10, 1937

40. Ahead along line
February 10, 1937

41. Rock formation 46' right
February 26, 1937

42. Timber cutting on ROW by Linville Lumber
February 26, 1937

43. Rock formation 75' right
February 26, 1937

44. Wood cutting on Cannaday property
March 10, 1937

45. Wood cutting A.C. Nolen
March 10, 1937

46. Wood cutting A.C. Nolen
March 10, 1937

47. Bridge at site #7 Steel construction, looking back from south abutment
March 29, 1937

48. North abutment and stringers
March 29, 1937

49. East parapet wall south abutment
March 29, 1937

50. Bridge at Site #7, Steel Construction
March 29, 1937

51. Bridge at site #7 Steel construction
March 29, 1937

52. Bridge at site #7, Steel stringers
March 29, 1937

53. Cutting for telephone line on right-of-way line
March 30, 1937

54. Sheets Gap parking overlook
April 1, 1937

55. Culvert headwall
April 1, 1937

56. Sand blown up on cut
April 1, 1937

57. Culvert headwall
April 1, 1937

58. Inlet culvert headwalll
April 1, 1937

59. Thoroughfare (left) cut through during winter because of impassibility of proper access road (right)
April 1, 1937

60. Culvert Headwall
April 2, 1937

61. Grading at Benge
April 2, 1937

62. Culvert Headwall
April 2, 1937

63. Hand-laid rock embankment
April 2, 1937

64. Hand-laid rock embankment
April 2, 1937

65. Underside of bridge
April 6, 1937

66. Riveters working
April 6, 1937

67. Roosevelt Says Work On Parkway Is To Be Finished
April 9, 1937

68. View of road
April 10, 1937

69. View of bridge #4
April 10, 1937

70. Unfinished road and bridge
April 10, 1937

71. Rail details
April 10, 1937

72. Bridge Construction
April 10, 1937

73. Detail of expansion dam
April 10, 1937

74. Detail Pier #2
April 10, 1937

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

76. Bridge #6
April 10, 1937

77. View of bridge
April 10, 1937

78. Detail of expansion dam
April 10, 1937

79. Rail construction
April 10, 1937

80. View of road
April 10, 1937

81. View near Junction of 2A/2B
April 12, 1937

82. Landscape at Sections 2A and 2B
April 12, 1937

83. Bridge #10 and Stream
April 12, 1937

84. Bridge #8
April 12, 1937

85. View of Junction of 2A and 2B
April 12, 1937

86. Bridge Rock Detail
April 12, 1937

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

88. View near Junction of 2A/2B
April 12, 1937

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

90. Loading Holes for Blasting
April 14, 1937

91. South End of Quarry
April 14, 1937

92. Sharp Curve Construction
April 14, 1937

93. Preparing Sub-Grade
April 14, 1937

94. Rough Grade Rock Fill
April 14, 1937

95. Cutting by State Right of way party
April 15, 1937

96. North Through Tunnel #1
April 22, 1937

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

98. Completed Cement Retaining Wall
April 22, 1937

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

100. Trail view from Flat Rock Knob
April 22, 1937

101. Construction of Tunnel #2
April 22, 1937

102. Portal To Tunnel #1
April 22, 1937

103. Masonry Wall Building
April 22, 1937

104. Loading Rock at Retaining Wall
April 22, 1937

105. Trail down Belle Ridge
April 22, 1937

106. Construction of Tunnel #2
April 22, 1937

107. Retaining Wall Looking North
April 22, 1937

108. Tunnel Construction
April 22, 1937

109. Valley from trail on Flat Rock Knob
April 22, 1937

110. Drill Operation
April 22, 1937

111. Fire hazard reduction along trail. Belle Ridge
April 22, 1937

112. Construction on Cement Retaining Wall
April 22, 1937

113. Looking Through Tunnel #1
April 22, 1937

114. Linn Tractor dumping
April 23, 1937

115. wagon drilling
April 23, 1937

116. Rock shot
April 23, 1937

117. Rough grade cut
April 23, 1937

118. Fishers Peak Park. Proposed lake area from dam. Horse Knob background
April 23, 1937

119. View of Rock Cut
April 23, 1937

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

121. Overpass site US Route 52
May 3, 1937

122. Looking back over bridge #5
May 4, 1937

123. No. 5 Bridge, cost $17,520
May 4, 1937

124. No.4 Arch Bridge, cost $12,000
May 4, 1937

125. #9 Bridge, Down Stream, Cost $20,120
May 4, 1937

126. Overpass construction
May 4, 1937

127. Guard rail, No.7 bridge
May 4, 1937

128. No.6 bridge, cost $15,139
May 4, 1937

129. Station 563 No 8 Bridge cost $34,053
May 4, 1937

130. No. 5 Bridge, Cost $17,520, Pine Creek Bridge #5
May 4, 1937

131. Near Linville Post Office Overpass site U.S. Rte 221
May 5, 1937

132. Overpass Site
May 5, 1937

133. Cumberland Knob Park Picnic Road
May 7, 1937

134. Seek to Restore Park Road Funds (page 1 of 3)
May 13, 1937

135. Seek to Restore Park Road Funds (page 2 of 3)
May 13, 1937

136. Seek to Restore Park Road Funds (page 3 of 3)
May 13, 1937

137. Park Road Funds May Be Restored
May 15, 1937

138. Bridge #4
May 18, 1937

139. Bridge #7, approximate cost $45,000
May 18, 1937

140. Bridge #5 42' span cost $17,520
May 18, 1937

141. Bridge No. 3, 57' Span, Cost $19,462
May 18, 1937

142. Underside of Viaduct
May 18, 1937

143. Bridge No.2 49'10" span, cost $11,894
May 18, 1937

144. Bridge #7 approximate cost $45,000
May 18, 1937

145. Bridge #7, guard rail and pier detail
May 18, 1937

146. Bridge no. 9, cost $20,120 24' span
May 18, 1937

147. Mailbox on parkway
May 18, 1937

148. Culvert headwall on culvert for access road
May 19, 1937

149. Tree Well
May 20, 1937

150. Tree wall
May 20, 1937

151. Tree well
May 20, 1937

152. Tree well
May 20, 1937

153. Tree well
May 20, 1937

154. Erosion
May 20, 1937

155. Erosion
May 20, 1937

156. Erosion
May 20, 1937

157. Hand Placed Rock
May 20, 1937

158. Completed Bridge #8
May 25, 1937

159. Pine Creek Bridge #5
May 25, 1937

160. Pine Creek Bridge #6
May 25, 1937

161. Bridge #10
May 25, 1937

162. Cars crossing Pine Creek Bridge #7
May 25, 1937

163. Pine Creek Bridge #7
May 25, 1937

164. Pine Creek Bridge #3
May 25, 1937

165. Arch of Bridge #9
May 25, 1937

166. Bridge #9
May 25, 1937

167. Falls on Falls Creek
May 25, 1937

168. Pine Creek Bridge #4
May 25, 1937

169. House, former property of S.H. Boyd after moving by State. Fee simple line just beyond house.
May 25, 1937

170. Bridge #2
May 25, 1937

171. Drilling and Construction
May 26, 1937

172. Hand Placed Rock embankment
May 26, 1937

173. Road Construction
May 26, 1937

174. Wagon Drills
May 26, 1937

175. Icy Rock Curve
May 26, 1937

176. Timber Cutting by M.C. iggerstaff
May 27, 1937

177. Timber Cutting by M. C. Biggerstaff
May 27, 1937

178. Timber Cutting by M.C. Biggerstaff
May 27, 1937

179. Timber Cutting by M.C. Biggerstaff
May 27, 1937

180. Timber Cutting by M.C. Biggerstaff
May 27, 1937

181. Top View of Masonry Wall
May 29, 1937

182. Detail of surrounding rocks
May 29, 1937

183. Facing North from Masonry Wall
May 29, 1937

184. Mountainside of timber to be cut by A.V. Millsap
June 1, 1937

185. Old state box culvert to be removed
June 1, 1937

186. Parkway box culvert
June 1, 1937

187. Mountainside of timber to be cut by A. V. Millsap
June 1, 1937

188. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to J. P. Dodge
June 4, 1937

189. Sheets Gap Parking Overlook
June 6, 1937

190. Rough headwall
June 8, 1937

191. Rocky Knob; laurel in bloom in foreground
June 9, 1937

192. Parkway looking towards the Haycocks
June 9, 1937

193. Culvert headwall with circular well
June 9, 1937

194. Some Day We Will Realize That Speed Mania Has To Be Curbed
June 10, 1937

195. Cherokee Indian Reservation Is Of Great Interest To Visitors
June 13, 1937

196. Mountain Laurel
June 14, 1937

197. Mountain laurel in bloom by parkway
June 14, 1937

198. Tree Well Construction
June 16, 1937

199. Tree Well Construction
June 16, 1937

200. Pier #4
June 22, 1937

201. Pier #1
June 22, 1937

202. Station 15# Pier #4
June 22, 1937

203. Pier #1
June 22, 1937

204. Special drainage structure
June 22, 1937

205. Special drainage structure
June 22, 1937

206. Useless backfill at base of cut slope
July 6, 1937

207. Tree wells - rhododendrons
July 6, 1937

208. Detail, interior face vaneer wing wall Viaduct
July 7, 1937

209. Viaduct west abutment
June 7, 1937

210. Viaduct, Pier #4
July 7, 1937

211. Viaduct, form work, pier #3
July 7, 1937

212. Viaduct, form work pier #3
July 7, 1937

213. Folk Festival Planned At Indian Reservation (Page 2 of 2)
July 12, 1937

214. Folk Festival Planned At Indian Reservation (Page 1 of 2)
July 12, 1937

215. Culvert on side of slope above hollow
July 14, 1937

216. Head wall and Stone Cement Channel
July 28, 1937

217. Stone steps joining gutter
July 28, 1937

218. Cement Stone Gutter
July 28, 1937

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

220. Preparations for Cement Wall
July 28, 1937

221. Side view of access road to 2-C-1
July 28, 1937

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

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

224. Early Construction
July 30, 1937

225. Lake Tahoma from Dam
August 1937

226. Headwall to be changed to Drop Inlet
August 1937

227. Pavilion on Lake Tahoma
August 1937

228. Special headwall
August 1937

229. Pavilion on Lake Tahoma
August 1937

230. Cove of Lake Tahoma from Bridge NC #104
August 1937

231. Pavilion on Lake Tahoma
August 1937

232. Headwall placed too near center line.
August 1937

233. Lake Tahoma from NC #104
August 1937

234. Driveway across Lake Tahoma
August 1937

235. Lower Side of Lake Tahoma
August 1937

236. South End of Tunnel 1
August 4, 1937

237. South End of Tunnel 2
August 4, 1937

238. North Entrance of Tunnel 1
August 4, 1937

239. Rock Slide at 576
August 5, 1937

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

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

242. Quarry Operation for Masonry Material
August 5, 1937

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

244. Timber cutting and nuisance on right-of-way
August 7, 1937

245. Parking overlook
August 18, 1937

246. Valley view from post office
August 18, 1937

247. Ice Rock Wall
August 18, 1937

248. Letter from Francis O. Clarkson to R. G. Browning
August 18, 1937

249. Saddle Mountain Valley, Lake Site from station 277
August 20, 1937

250. Unknown variety of plant 6 - 7' high, yellow flowers in bloom
August 20, 1937

251. Saddle Mountain Valley. Lake site, looking up at valley, woods opposite
August 20, 1937

252. Saddle Mountain Valley, Lake Site
August 20, 1937

253. Drop inlet
August 20, 1937

254. Letter from R. Getty Browning to Francis O. Clarkson
August 20, 1937

255. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
August 23, 1937

256. Letter from Francis O. Clarkson to Gov. Clyde R. Hoey
August 24, 1937

257. Indians to Vote on Park Route
August 25, 1937

258. Letter from Frank L. Dunlap to Francis O. Clarkson
August 27, 1937

259. Letter from Clyde R. Hoey to Francis O. Clarkson
August 30, 1937

260. Cumberland Knob Shelter Bldg #89
September 1937

261. Letter from Daisy Marshall Bacot to Heriot Clarkson
September 1, 1937

262. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
September 2, 1937

263. Letter from J. P. Dodge to Francis O. Clarkson
September 2, 1937

264. View of road
September 3, 1937

265. Stone masonry retaining wall
September 4, 1937

266. Icy Rock Curve
September 4, 1937

267. Culvert Cement Stone Gutter at Station 122-30
September 4, 1937

268. Construction of Gutter at Station 108-60
September 4, 1937

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

270. Road Construction at Station 201-55
September 4, 1937

271. Road Construction at Station 32
September 4, 1937

272. Retaining Wall and unfinished slope of Icy Rock
September 4, 1937

273. Retaining Wall along Icy Rock
September 4, 1937

274. Construction of Gutter at Inlet Towards Station 28
September 4, 1937

275. Gutter Work along Rock Face
September 4, 1937

276. Stone and iron culvert
September 4, 1937

277. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
September 6, 1937

278. Fill Slide
September 9, 1937

279. South Entrance Tunnel #1
September 9, 1937

280. Rough grade road
September 9, 1937

281. Deep Rock Cut
September 9, 1937

282. Crushing Plant
September 9, 1937

283. Hoist On A Fordson Tractor
September 9, 1937

284. Viaduct Pier #4
September 12, 1937

285. Viaduct pier #4
September 12, 1937

286. Viaduct Pier #4
September 12, 1937

287. Tunnel Excavation
September 14, 1937

288. Gardner-Denver machinery
September 14, 1937

289. Cut Road
September 14, 1937

290. Tunnel Excavation
September 14, 1937

291. Deep Rock Cut North
September 14, 1937

292. Bucyrus Erie shovel
September 14, 1937

293. Gasoline Truck
September 14, 1937

294. Retaining Wall
September 14, 1937

295. Cut Road
September 14, 1937

296. Air Bellows Gap Underpass
September 21, 1937

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

298. Fireplace in shelter on top of Cumberland Knob
October 1937

299. View of viaduct under construction
October 4, 1937

300. View of viaduct under construction
October 4, 1937

301. View of viaduct under construction
October 4, 1937

302. Takeoff to campground area before construction
October 8, 1937

303. Saddle in campground area looking west before construction
October 8, 1937

304. Rough Grade Road
October 10, 1937

305. Road and Bridge with Guard Stakes
October 10, 1937

306. Cement stone gutter
October 10, 1937

307. Road through Cut
October 10, 1937

308. Rock Embankment
October 11, 1937

309. Mabry Mill
October 11, 1937

310. Winding Road
October 11, 1937

311. Paving Gutters
October 11, 1937

312. Stone culvert head wall
October 11, 1937

313. Surfaced Road
October 11, 1937

314. Gutter Construction
October 11, 1937

315. View of road
October 11, 1937

316. Water wheel on Mabry Mill
October 11, 1937

317. Parkway alignment
October 11, 1937

318. Water Channel
October 11, 1937

319. Rock cut back of parking overlook
October 11, 1937

320. Stone Hillside Work
October 11, 1937

321. Parkway and Mabry Mill
October 11, 1937

322. Stone Gutter
October 11, 1937

323. Access Road to Route 18
October 11, 1937

324. View of road
October 11, 1937

325. Dirt Road
October 11, 1937

326. Automobile on road
October 11, 1937

327. Early Construction
October 11, 1937

328. Team of Horses
October 12, 1937

329. Dressed Road
October 12, 1937

330. Dead chestnut in second growth. Cleanup and thinning badly needed
October 12, 1937

331. Man and a Horse Team
October 12, 1937

332. Unfinished Construction
October 12, 1937

333. View of road
October 12, 1937

334. Viaduct under construction
October 13, 1937

335. Parkway just north of Air Bellows Gap
October 13, 1937

336. Looking across Bluff Park toward Little Grandfather Mountain
October 13, 1937

337. Bull Head Mountain and Parkway
October 13, 1937

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

339. Looking through rock cut towards Ice Rock and Bluff
October 13, 1937

340. Parkway in Late Afternoon
October 14, 1937

341. Parkway overlook and view therefrom
October 14, 1937

342. Drop inlet set back of gutter
October 14, 1937

343. Mountain home site
October 14, 1937

344. General view of parkway overlook
October 14, 1937

345. Parkway--good example flat slopes and gutter
October 14, 1937

346. Parkway overlook and Nigger Mt (Mt Jefferson)
October 14, 1937

347. Parkway in late afternoon
October 14, 1937

348. Parkway--good example flat slopes and gutter
October 14, 1937

349. Looking off toward Obida
October 14, 1937

350. Parking overlook and foreground
October 14, 1937

351. Mountain home site near parkway
October 14, 1937

352. General view of parkway
October 14, 1937

353. Inside of a Tunnel
October 15, 1937

354. Alligator Back and Meadow Fork Valley
October 15, 1937

355. Alligator Back and Meadow Fork Valley
October 15, 1937

356. Indians Not To Vote On Scenic Parkway Plan (Page 2 of 2)
October 15, 1937

357. Parkway and Meadow Fork Valley from Bluff
October 15, 1937

358. Parkway alignment, Meadow Fork Valley
October 15, 1937

359. Back side of shelter
October 15, 1937

360. Before clean-up. Fine trees obscured by dead and poor trees and scrub growth.
October 15, 1937

361. Looking back at Alligator Back
October 15, 1937

362. Retaining Wall
October 15, 1937

363. Men Grading Slope
October 15, 1937

364. Tunnel #2
October 15, 1937

365. Indians Not To Vote On Scenic Parkway Plan (Page 1 of 2)
October 15, 1937

366. Alligator Back
October 15, 1937

367. On top of Bluff. Parkway and Little Grandfather Mt.
October 15, 1937

368. Parkway approaching Meadow Fork Valley
October 15, 1937

369. Partially Worked Gradient
October 15, 1937

370. Tunnel entrance and culvert headwall
October 15, 1937

371. Construction - Crusher
October 21, 1937

372. Ice formations
November 1937

373. Parking Overlook
November 1937

374. Ice formations
November 1937

375. Ice Formations
November 1937

376. Ice Formations
November 1937

377. Ice Formations
November 1937

378. Ice Formations
November 1937

379. Ice formations
November 1937

380. Road to Lodge (under construction)
November 1937

381. Road to Lodge (under construction)
November 1937

382. Early Construction
November 5, 1937

383. Letter from J. P. Dodge to Francis O. Clarkson
November 16, 1937

384. Letter from Francis O. Clarkson to J. P. Dodge
November 18, 1937

385. Ice Rock
November 20, 1937

386. Surfaced Road
November 20, 1937

387. Parkway toward the Bluff
November 20, 1937

388. Roadway near Ice Rock
November 20, 1937

389. Ice Rock
November 20, 1937

390. Ice Rock
November 20, 1937

391. Icy Road
November 20, 1937

392. Ice Rock Channel and Drainage
November 20, 1937

393. Fill
November 20, 1937

394. Typical section in snow
November 20, 1937

395. Road Routes
November 22, 1937

396. View of Route 104
November 24, 1937

397. Inside Tunnel #2
November 24, 1937

398. Mountainside
November 24, 1937

399. Overcast Material
December 15, 1937

400. Overcast material (distant) and fill (foreground)
December 15, 1937

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