Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
About this Image
| Title | HPRE Face |
| Date | December 5, 1936 |
| Description | Photograph shows rock retaining wall and some equipment in foreground with road cut into steep slope along the top, section 2C of the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
| Commentary | This section of the parkway was under construction from 1935 to 1937, and this picture was taken in 1936 a little under a year before section 2C opened for travelers. Note reads "Along face of H.P.R.E." |
| Location |
Location Name: Section 2C Parkway Milepost: None |
| Creator Individual | W.D. Stanton |
| Tags |
Alleghany County (N.C.)
Construction equipment Photographs Retaining walls Roads Rock cuts Rock embankments Rocks Slope clearing View of road Walls |
| Credit | Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives |
