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Title Culvert construction. Heating sand.
Date January 9, 1948
Description Image shows a man at a construction site. He is using a shovel to rake sand over a large corrugated pipe. One end of the pipe is visible, and there is wood, or another material, inside of the pipe. The image was taken near where Virginia State Route 43 crosses over Little Stony Creek, near milepost 86 and Section 1K of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken on January 9, 1948.
Location Location Name: Virginia State Route 43 at Little Stony Creek
Parkway Milepost: 86.0
Latitude: 37.440603
Longitude: -79.593044
Creator Individual W.D.L.
Tags Bedford County (Va.)
Construction
Culverts
Peaks of Otter (Va.)
People
Photographs
Road relocation
Sand
Workers
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway