Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | A & W grader - grading overburden |
Date | 1930s |
Description | Image of a man on an Austin-Western 99 grader, somewhere between milepost 155 and milepost 174, in section 1R or 1S of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image was likely taken in the 1930's, when construction on sections 1R and 1S was ongoing. |
Location |
Location Name: Section 1S Parkway Milepost: None |
Creator Individual | Unknown |
Tags |
Construction equipment
Grading (Earthwork) Photographs Road construction Rock embankments |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |