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1936 Map of Block

Name: 1936 Topographic Map of Block
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

Southern Railway tracks trace the narrow valley floor in this 1936 survey, connecting the small coal-country settlements of Turley, Hickey, and Block. The industrial character of this corner of Campbell County is evident in the multiple Incline tracks that climb the steep flanks of Fork Mountain and Caryville Mountain, reflecting the intense resource extraction occurring along the Fork and near Wheeler Gap.

Infrastructure of the Tennessee Valley Authority era is visible through the Tepco Trans Line, which crosses the high ridges near a Mine (Abandoned). The map provides researchers with precise locations of historical benchmarks, such as B M 1361, and the exact route of State Highway No. 63 as it wound through Hickey Cove and past Little Cove Creek before mid-century modernizations changed the local landscape.