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Title Log Cribbing and Check Dams for Erosion Control
Date May 25, 1936
Description Workmen log cribbing and performing a check on dams for erosion control near Cumberland Knob, milepost 217.5, and section 2A of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters and taken by "GWW" on May 25, 1936.
Location Location Name: Cumberland Knob
Parkway Milepost: 217.5
Latitude: 36.55013
Longitude: -80.90869
Creator Individual G.W.W.
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
Cumberland Knob (N.C.)
Erosion
Land construction
Log cribbing
Photographs
Workers
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway