Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
About this Image
| Title | Rock and Filling |
| Title Note | filling for high grade and cut back rock |
| Date | December 7, 1936 |
| Description | Photograph shows dirt road rising up and cut into rocky hill with construction equipment and fill dirt, section 2C of the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
| Commentary | This picture was taken in 1936 when section 2C was still under construction. This section was being constructed from 1935 to 1937. This picture offers some insight into the impact of the construction of the road on the landscape. |
| Location |
Location Name: Section 2C Parkway Milepost: None |
| Creator Individual | W.D. Stanton |
| Tags |
Alleghany County (N.C.)
Construction Construction equipment Land construction Landscape Photographs Road construction Roads Rock cuts Rocks View of road |
| Credit | Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives |
