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Title Terminal area same as #6648 after back filling to 8" exposed curb
Date July 23, 1947
Description Image shows a stone curb that is under construction. A level area in front of a grassy slope has been faced with a layer of cut stones. There is a pile of stacked wood boards and a pile of bricks that are sitting on the leveled portion of the curb. The image was taken in the Peaks of Otter area, near milepost 86 and Section 1K of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken on July 23, 1947.
Location Location Name: Peaks of Otter
Parkway Milepost: 86.0
Latitude: 37.433333
Longitude: -79.604722
Creator Individual W.D.L.
Tags Bedford County (Va.)
Construction
Peaks of Otter (Va.)
Photographs
Stonemasonry
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway