Skyway construction: gravel roadbed

Skyway construction: gravel roadbed

Construction projects

Roads -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Design and construction

This photograph shows the construction of a gravel roadbed at the base of steep slope that will become the Skyway. The first major road project undertaken by the federal government in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was the skyline road, or “Skyway,” from Newfound Gap to Kuwohi (Clingmans Dome 1859-2024). Constructed between 1933 and 1935, originally, the road was planned to continue on to Deals Gap. This photograph, along with a dozen others illustrating park construction, were donated to the park by Mary Clements Decker and John Hazard Decker.

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Decker Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1935

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22711

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2015-04-10

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Sevier County (Tenn.)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

4.75” x 3”(dimension)

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