Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Back of sample wall, showing same stone laid in a more informal treatment, etc |
Title Note | negative 7914, classification no. 693 |
Date | November 13, 1935 |
Description | Stone work that was considered for Blue Ridge Parkway. Photograph taken at milepost 217, section 2A, and in Cumberland Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters and taken by "GWW" on November 14, 1935. Photograph labeled "back of sample wall, showing same stone laid in a more informal treatment, giving a character more nearly approaching local stone work; but not recommended for the Blue Ridge Parkway." |
Location |
Location Name: Cumberland Knob Parkway Milepost: 217.5
Latitude: 36.55013
Longitude: -80.90869 |
Creator Individual | G.W.W. |
Tags |
Alleghany County (N.C.)
Construction Cumberland Knob (N.C.) Photographs Stone carving Stonemasonry Walls Workers |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |