Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Rock cut at Devil's Garden
1938 - 2.
Shoulder construction, High Piney Ridge in background
1938 - 3.
Land Acquisition Maps Section 2-A
1938 - 4.
Cumberland Park Pump House
January 5, 1938 - 5.
Cumberland Knob Slope flattening at entrance
January 24, 1938 - 6.
Picnic Shelter
March 28, 1938 - 7.
Picnic Shelter Blueprints
April 11, 1938 - 8.
Devil's Garden Parking and Overlook after Grading
April 21, 1938 - 9.
Taken to show log corner detail -- underexposed
April 21, 1938 - 10.
Barn proposed for acquisition. Note logs and shake roof.
April 21, 1938 - 11.
Front of barn as it would be seen from the parkway.
April 21, 1938 - 12.
Looking West from One of the Parking Areas South of Cumberland Knob
April 27, 1938 - 13.
Shelter on Top of Cumberland Knob
April 27, 1938 - 14.
Big Cut at Devil's Garden
June 14, 1938 - 15.
60ft cut at Devils Garden
June 14, 1938 - 16.
Signs near parking area
July 1, 1938 - 17.
Water Fountain
July 1938 - 18.
West Abutment, Overpass US 21
July 12, 1938 - 19.
Unpaved roadway with erosion
July 25, 1938 - 20.
Before grading. Cleared to connect slope line, with rock as excuse for steep slope. Ugly profile.
July 25, 1938 - 21.
Before grading. Rotten rock 1:1; ditch too narrow ugly profile.
July 25, 1938 - 22.
Before grading. A 3/4 to 1 slope with almost vertical overhang of soft rock
July 25, 1938 - 23.
Before grading. Steep, rotten rock cuts, shoulder and ditch. 2 ft short
July 25, 1938 - 24.
Before grading. Tape used to show concave slope. Needs transition, overhand and wide rounding
July 25, 1938 - 25.
Before grading. Cave-in on 1:1 slope. Will continue to slide unless flattened. Needs rounding.
July 25, 1938 - 26.
Washout at headwall. Shows need of different type of structure.
August 1, 1938 - 27.
Before grading
December 1938 - 28.
Before grading
December 1938 - 29.
Before Grading
December 1938 - 30.
Before grading
December 1938 - 31.
Before grading
December 1938 - 32.
Before grading. Looking back across Hare Mill Pond
December 15, 1938 - 33.
High cuts thru wooded area. During selective cutting.
December 15, 1938
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