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Title | View of proposed swimming pool area |
Title Note | Taken from point one-half way up hill toward proposed concessions area, looking south |
Date | August 1936 |
Description | Image shows the view from a proposed concessions area in Rocky Knob Park, and looks over a proposed swimming pool site. A wooden rail fence is visible against small trees and shrubbery in the foreground. The view includes a grassy area with scattered trees and shrubbery, and a hill in the background with more pastures and trees. Image taken by Albert S. Burns in August of 1936. Image taken near milepost 168.5 of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Rocky Knob Park, in Floyd County, Va. |
Location |
Location Name: Milepost 168 Parkway Milepost: 168.0
Latitude: 36.822371
Longitude: -80.342472 |
Creator Individual | Albert S. Burns |
Tags |
Fences
Floyd County (Va.) Photographs Proposed sites Rocky Knob (Va.) |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |