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Title 60 foot cut: Great quantities of natural ground water cause trouble in this cut
Title Note 6233
Date July 26, 1940
Description Car on an unpaved road in a deep cut near station 407, milepost 269, in section 2E. Photograph taken by A.S. Burns on July 26, 1940.
Location Location Name: Milepost 269
Parkway Milepost: 269.0
Latitude: 36.27332
Longitude: -81.42867
Creator Individual A.S. Burns
Tags Automobiles
Blue Ridge Mountains
Erosion
Land construction
Photographs
Road conditions
Road construction
Road damage
Wilkes County (N.C.)
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway