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Title Stone Masons
Date 1935
Description Stone masons working on section of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters. Photograph labeled "Workers use hand powered crane to move stone to build retaining wall on parkway in Alleghany county near the Virginia-NC line around 1935."
Location Location Name: Milepost 217
Parkway Milepost: 217.0
Latitude: 36.560486
Longitude: -80.911688
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
Construction
Construction equipment
Photographs
Stone carving
Stonemasonry
Workers
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway