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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 (276)
    Built during 1930s (11,242)
    Buncombe County, North Carolina (26)
    Civilian Conservation Corps (138)
    Have street view (25,400)
    		 North Carolina (921)
    Open (38,204)
    Owned by National Park Service (434)
    Owned by federal government (1,112)
    Total length 250-500 feet (4,884)
    Tunnel (1,090)

    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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