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Title Experiment 1 after scaling and partial trenching
Date July 28, 1943
Description This photograph shows a scaled and partially trenched hillside next to an unpaved road, located near station 1273+50, section 1C. The image includes the front portion of a pickup truck and two people standing between the truck and the hillside. The photograph was taken on July 28, 1943.
Location Location Name: Milepost 7
Parkway Milepost: 7.0
Latitude: 37.961121
Longitude: -78.911628
Creator Individual W.A.J.
Tags Landscape development
People
Photographs
Roads
Trenches
Trucks
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway