Skyway construction using jack hammer

Skyway construction using jack hammer

Construction projects

Jackhammers

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

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

Road construction workers

Rocks

This photograph, by R. T. Jackson, is of the Skyway construction using a 68" jackhammer for block holing. The skyline road, or “Skyway” from Newfound Gap to Kuwohi (Clingmans Dome 1859-2024) was the first major road project undertaken by the federal government in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Constructed between 1933 and 1935, originally, the road was planned to continue on to Deals Gap.

Jackson, R. T.

Historic Photographs Collection

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

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2015-04-16

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

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

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