Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | South Tunnel Entrance |
| Date | December 14, 1936 |
| Description | Photograph shows dirty pathway with deep tracks leading to excavation and fill at proposed tunnel entrance in section 2M of the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
| Commentary | This picture was taken in December 1936 near the beginning of the construction period for section 2M (Summer 1936 to 1940). This is most likely the beginning construction on the south entrance of the second of the twin tunnels at MP 344. |
| Location |
Location Name: Section 2M Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 35.788139
Longitude: -82.167372 |
| Creator Individual | W.D. Stanton |
| Tags |
Construction
Construction equipment Excavation Land construction Photographs Road construction Tunnels |
| Credit | Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives |
