Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Typical riprap bank protection |
Date | December 13, 1936 |
Description | Image shows a stream with a rock wall built up at one side of it to prevent erosion. An earth embankment rises above the riprap, and there is a truck parked at the top of the embankment. Image was taken near milepost 152 and station 801 in section 1Q of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken on December 13, 1936. |
Location |
Location Name: Milepost 152 Parkway Milepost: 152.0
Latitude: 36.953778
Longitude: -80.163016 |
Creator Individual | F.M.W. |
Tags |
Automobiles
Bodies of water Embankments Franklin County (Va.) Photographs Rock embankments Trucks |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |