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Title Utilization of brush (provided from selective cutting) to control erosion
Date May 13, 1943
Description Image shows a hill that borders the Blue Ridge Parkway. There are large channels dug out of the earth, likely by water runoff. Image taken near Station 1180 and milepost 158 in Section 1R of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken by Daniel W. Levandowsky on May 13, 1943.
Location Location Name: Milepost 158
Parkway Milepost: 158.0
Latitude: 36.904997
Longitude: -80.238616
Creator Individual Daniel W. Levandowsky
Tags Erosion
Floyd County (Va.)
Photographs
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway