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1930s Road Construction

Posted on April 26, 2018August 5, 2024 by blaketyner

I am constantly searching for new bits of information and not seen before photographs to document Robeson County’s rich history. I found these great photographs while sitting in a traffic jam this morning.

Robeson County road construction work on US 74 and the Lumberton-Fairmont toad in the 1930s. Courtesy of the Luther J. Jordan Photograph Collection, NC Archives.

Robeson County. Construction work on US 74. Robeson County, NC 1930s.
Robeson County. Widening US 74 between Lumberton and Maxton, NC. October 1939.
Robeson County. Weighing rock for road construction. Robeson County, NC. 15 January 1940
Robeson County. Widening curve on US 74, pouring the concrete. November 1939
Robeson County. Widening and resurfacing the road from Fairmont to Lumberton, NC. July 1939
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