Road construction: clearing road bed

Road construction: clearing road bed

Construction projects

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

Clearing of land

This photograph shows the initial pass through a stand of tall pines to create a road. 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. The 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

1934-1935

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22720

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2015-04-10

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

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

2.75” x 4.5”(dimension)

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