Blue Ridge Parkway

1. General view from southeast
August 17, 1935

2. Buck Creek Falls
August 17, 1935

3. Looking over mountain toward Table Rock
August 21, 1935

4. Black Mountain Range
August 21, 1935

5. Road construction
July 8, 1936

6. NC #104 Relocation, Sec 2M Parkway Access Drive
July 25, 1936

7. Machinery and Hillside
August 14, 1936

8. Road View
August 14, 1936

9. Super Reliance Grader "Caterpillar"
August 14, 1936

10. Toe Ditch
August 14, 1936

11. East along 104 NC Station 415
August 14, 1936

12. Road Construction
August 14, 1936

13. Tunnel Construction
August 14, 1936

14. Road Construction
August 14, 1936

15. Road View
August 14, 1936

16. Road Construction
August 14, 1936

17. Road Construction
August 14, 1936

18. Road View
August 14, 1936

19. Road Construction
August 14, 1936

20. Pipeline
August 17, 1936

21. Linn Truck
August 17, 1936

22. Koehring "Dumptor"
August 17, 1936

23. View of Mountains
August 17, 1936

24. Proposed Road Construction Site
August 17, 1936

25. Toe Ditch
August 17, 1936

26. Toe Ditch
August 17, 1936

27. View of Parkway
August 17, 1936

28. Construction Equipment
August 17, 1936

29. Road construction
August 24, 1936

30. Road construction
August 24, 1936

31. Road construction
September 24, 1936

32. Narrow Mountain Road
September 25, 1936

33. Proposed Tunnel 1 End
September 25, 1936

34. Cleared Roadway
September 25, 1936

35. Part Road Grade
September 25, 1936

36. Road Grade and Chestnut Tree
September 25, 1936

37. Near Entrance Tunnel #1
September 25, 1936

38. Road grading
September 25, 1936

39. Rock Wall
September 25, 1936

40. Mountain Slope Road
September 25, 1936

41. Rock face and Side Slope
September 25, 1936

42. Bulldozers and Construction
September 25, 1936

43. Excavation for Masonry Wall
November 6, 1936

44. Retaining Wall Construction
November 6, 1936

45. Mountain Slope
November 6, 1936

46. Mountain Slope
November 6, 1936

47. Steep Mountain Slope
November 6, 1936

48. Sample Wall
November 6, 1936

49. Road on Cliffside
November 9, 1936

50. Cemented Rock Wall
November 9, 1936

51. Road Through Rock
November 9, 1936

52. Road Construction
November 9, 1936

53. Blacksmith Shop
November 9, 1936

54. Proposed Line
December 14, 1936

55. Tunnel Entrance
December 14, 1936

56. Through Rough Rock
December 14, 1936

57. North Tunnel Portal
December 14, 1936

58. South Tunnel Entrance
December 14, 1936

59. Rough Road
December 15, 1936

60. Excavation Cut
December 15, 1936

61. Construction Slope
December 15, 1936

62. Trail
December 15, 1936

63. Cleared Path
December 15, 1936

64. Shovel and Tractor
December 15, 1936

65. Wagon Drill
December 15, 1936

66. Road and rock pile
February 8, 1937

67. Early construction
February 8, 1937

68. View of road
February 8, 1937

69. View of road
February 8, 1937

70. Rock cut and tunnel
February 8, 1937

71. Retaining Wall
February 8, 1937

72. Road and tunnel
February 8, 1937

73. Cleared ridge
February 10, 1937

74. Retaining Wall
February 10, 1937

75. Cement stone wall
February 10, 1937

76. Ahead along line
February 10, 1937

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

78. Retaining Wall Looking North
April 22, 1937

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

80. Tunnel Construction
April 22, 1937

81. Portal To Tunnel #1
April 22, 1937

82. Construction of Tunnel #2
April 22, 1937

83. Drill Operation
April 22, 1937

84. Loading Rock at Retaining Wall
April 22, 1937

85. North Through Tunnel #1
April 22, 1937

86. Looking Through Tunnel #1
April 22, 1937

87. Construction of Tunnel #2
April 22, 1937

88. Completed Cement Retaining Wall
April 22, 1937

89. Construction on Cement Retaining Wall
April 22, 1937

90. Masonry Wall Building
April 22, 1937

91. Linn Tractor dumping
April 23, 1937

92. Rock shot
April 23, 1937

93. View of Rock Cut
April 23, 1937

94. wagon drilling
April 23, 1937

95. Rough grade cut
April 23, 1937

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

97. Detail of surrounding rocks
May 29, 1937

98. Facing North from Masonry Wall
May 29, 1937

99. Top View of Masonry Wall
May 29, 1937

100. South End of Tunnel 2
August 4, 1937

101. South End of Tunnel 1
August 4, 1937

102. North Entrance of Tunnel 1
August 4, 1937

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

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

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

106. Quarry Operation for Masonry Material
August 5, 1937

107. Rock Slide at 576
August 5, 1937

108. Crushing Plant
September 9, 1937

109. South Entrance Tunnel #1
September 9, 1937

110. Fill Slide
September 9, 1937

111. Hoist On A Fordson Tractor
September 9, 1937

112. Deep Rock Cut
September 9, 1937

113. Rough grade road
September 9, 1937

114. Partially Worked Gradient
October 15, 1937

115. Inside of a Tunnel
October 15, 1937

116. Men Grading Slope
October 15, 1937

117. Tunnel #2
October 15, 1937

118. Retaining Wall
October 15, 1937

119. Tunnel entrance and culvert headwall
October 15, 1937

120. Construction - Crusher
October 21, 1937

121. View of Route 104
November 24, 1937

122. Inside Tunnel #2
November 24, 1937

123. Mountainside
November 24, 1937

124. Private Residues in Forest Areas
1938

125. South wingwall of viaduct during construction
February 15, 1938

126. Stonework on south wingwall of viaduct during construction
February 15, 1938

127. Stonework on south wingwall of viaduct during construction
February 15, 1938

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

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

130. Base of wing wall during construction
March 8, 1938

131. Piers and south abutment during construction
March 28, 1938

132. North portal of #1 tunnel
April 19, 1938

133. Tunnel #2 looking back
June 1938

134. Finish Grading
June 1938

135. View of road grade
January 24, 1939

136. Tunnel near Buck Creek Gap
January 28, 1939

137. Ice formation taken from viaduct
January 29, 1939

138. Foundation for wall
February 27, 1939

139. Cut at Station 277
February 27, 1939

140. Wall Site
March 31, 1939

141. Cleared path
March 31, 1939

142. Cleared path
March 31, 1939

143. New Cut slope
April 29, 1939

144. Wall Excavation
May 3, 1939

145. Road Construction
May 11, 1939

146. Rock Drilling
May 24, 1939

147. Workers and wall construction
May 24, 1939

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

149. View of road
August 3, 1939

150. View of road
August 8, 1939

151. Rock cut
August 8, 1939

152. View of road
August 8, 1939

153. Workers at landslide
November 7, 1939

154. Looking south on Parkway
1940

155. Looking north on the Parkway
1940

156. Grade Separation - N.C. Rte. 104: Section and Details Part 3
June 1940

157. Grade Separation - N.C. Rte. 104 Part 2
June 1940

158. Grade Separation - N.C. Rte. 104 Part 1 of 3
June 1940

159. Gutter
June 12, 1940

160. Washed Out Fill
August 16, 1940

161. Firetool box (experimental) Marion Unit No.1
September 17, 1940

162. Overpass ringstones
November 18, 1940

163. Overpass ringstones
November 18, 1940

164. Overpass at Buck Creek Gap
January 21, 1941

165. Rock Wall
February 18, 1941

166. Rock Wall
February 18, 1941

167. Overpass at Buck Creek Gap
February 18, 1941

168. Rock Wall
February 18, 1941

169. Trench
March 28, 1941

170. Buck Creek Gap Overpass
January 1942

171. Buck Creek Gap Overpass
January 1942

172. Buck Creek Gap Overpass
January 1942

173. Overpass Structure, Section 2M
January 1942

174. Buck Creek Gap Overpass
January 1942

175. Buck Creek Gap Overpass
January 1942

176. Rock Embankment
April 10, 1942

177. Rock Embankment
April 10, 1942

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

179. Removing Rock Slide
July 7, 1942

180. Spreading Calcium Chloride
July 7, 1942

181. Guard post placed by post construction
September 9, 1942

182. Buck Creek Gap Overpass
September 10, 1942

183. Buck Creek Gap Overpass
September 10, 1942

184. Mt. Mitchell thru Buck Creek Cap Overpass
September 10, 1942

185. Parkway crossing county road
October 22, 1942

Documenting the American South

Search Results: