Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Handlaid rock embankment |
| Date | August 14, 1936 |
| Description | A cross-section view of a rock embankment with a man at the top to provide scale. The embankment was hand-laid using large slabs of rock stacked on top of each other. This feature of the Parkway's construction is intended to protect the road from the erosion of of the steep slope below. Photo taken by "LMH" at Milepost 263 on August 14, 1936. |
| Commentary | The photograph was taken five months after work on the section began. This section (2E) was one of the first completed. |
| Location |
Location Name: Milepost 263 Parkway Milepost: 263.0
Latitude: 36.292973
Longitude: -81.371372 |
| Creator Individual | L.M.H. |
| Creator Organization | National Park Service—Blue Ridge Parkway |
| Tags |
Ashe County (N.C.)
Construction Embankments Photographs Stone carving Stonemasonry |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
