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Title | Blue Ridge Quarry, Hoist conveyor loading stone |
Date | March 15, 1937 |
Description | The image shows workers at the Blue Ridge Quarry shoveling stone onto a hoist conveyor in order to load a train car. Additional piles of stone can be seen in the background along with a treed ridge. The photograph was taken by Malcolm A. Bird near Roanoke, Virginia, on March 15, 1937. |
Location |
Location Name: Blue Ridge Quarry Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 37.3913889
Longitude: -79.7969444 |
Creator Individual | Malcolm A. Bird |
Tags |
Bedford County (Va.)
Photographs Quarries and quarrying Workers |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |