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Craggy Flats Tunnel

Buncombe County, North Carolina

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Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in October 2015

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BH Photo #342407

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Description 

Most of the work on the tunnel digging was done by hand and provided by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.[3] Little machinery was used with the intention of creating manual labor in depressed economic times. They did have for tunneling truck-mounted water-cooled compressed air drills called "Jumbos." After the initial holes were drilled into the substrata, dynamite was used for blasting away the rock.-Wikipedia

Facts 

Overview
Tunnel under Mountain on Blue Ridge Parkway
Location
Buncombe County, North Carolina
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built ca.1930
Builder
- Civilian Conservation Corps
Design
Tunnel
Dimensions
Total length: 335.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.68720, -82.38355   (decimal degrees)
35°41'14" N, 82°23'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/374809/3950136 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Craggy Pinnacle
Inventory number
BH 69886 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Blue Ridge Parkway (81)
Bore Tunnel (291)
Built during 1930s (11,773)
Buncombe County, North Carolina (32)
Civilian Conservation Corps (152)
Have street view (27,072)
 North Carolina (966)
Open (39,986)
Owned by National Park Service (467)
Owned by federal government (1,228)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,257)
Tunnel (1,312)

Update Log 

  • November 25, 2015: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • November 17, 2015: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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