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Title Bucyrus Erie shovel
Date September 14, 1937
Description Photograph shows a Bucyrus Erie shovel used in excavation for tunnel #2 in section 2P of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Location Location Name: Section 2P
Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 35.697386
Longitude: -82.401222
Creator Individual W.D. Stanton
Tags Construction
Construction equipment
Excavation
Machinery
Photographs
Tunnels
Credit Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives