Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Before seeding and planting |
| Date | 1939 |
| Description | Image shows a road cut into a hillside with slopes of dirt on both sides. From the left side of the image, the hillside slopes down to the road, with small trees at the top of the hill leading to an open dirt slope that is prepared for seeding and planting. To the right of the road the hill continues to run downward. An open dirt slope heads away from the road, with small trees and shrubbery appearing further down the hill. The image was taken between mileposts 165-173 in section 1S of the Blue Ridge Parkway, in Patrick County and Floyd County, Va. The image was taken in 1939; the photographer is unknown. |
| Location |
Location Name: Section 1S Parkway Milepost: None |
| Creator Individual | Unknown |
| Tags |
Floyd County (Va.)
Graded road Patrick County (Va.) Photographs Slopes (road cuts) Trees View of road |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
