Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Left slope - original grading |
Title Note | Before |
Date | July 10, 1936 |
Description | Image shows a section of land being sloped back in preparation for road construction. A truck stands on the opposite side of the road and several men stand outside on the grass by the road side. A line of trees runs along the background of the photograph, behind the road construction site. Image taken by R.F.E. on July 10, 1936. Image taken near milepost 165 and station 7+50, looking back, in section 1S of the Blue Ridge Parkway, in Floyd County and Patrick County, Va. |
Location |
Location Name: Milepost 165 Parkway Milepost: 165.0
Latitude: 36.915351
Longitude: -80.208014 |
Creator Individual | R.F.E. |
Tags |
Floyd County (Va.)
Graded road Grading (Earthwork) Patrick County (Va.) People Photographs Road construction Roads Slopes (road cuts) Trucks View of road |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |