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Title Block of road washed away
Date August 16, 1940
Description Photograph showing damage done by the flood of 1940 to the roadway near station 130+00 and mile post 320 in section 2K of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Location Location Name: Milepost 320
Parkway Milepost: 320.0
Latitude: 35.936434
Longitude: -81.959134
Creator Individual Granville B. Liles
Tags Avery County (N.C.)
Flood of 1940
Landslides
McDowell County (N.C.)
Photographs
Road conditions
Road damage
Roads
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway