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Title Balsam stand and grading
Date July 1944
Description Photograph of the roadway and surrounding landscape near Balsam Gap and mile post 360 in section 2P of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by S.P.W in July 1944.
Location Location Name: Milepost 360
Parkway Milepost: 360.0
Latitude: 35.748677
Longitude: -82.337035
Creator Individual S.P.W.
Tags Automobiles
Balsam Gap (N.C.)
Buncombe County (N.C.)
Graded road
Grading (Earthwork)
Photographs
Roads
View of road
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway