Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Flood Damage |
Title Note | negative 6941 (644-4), classification no. 551.5 |
Date | August 16, 1940 |
Description | A view of flood damage on the Blue Ridge Parkway from the 1940 flood. Located on milepost 217, section 2A on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Location is one mile above Junction of 26-221, Rte #26 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters and taken by "EMD" on August 16, 1940. |
Location |
Location Name: Cumberland Knob Parkway Milepost: 217.5
Latitude: 36.55013
Longitude: -80.90869 |
Creator Individual | E.M.D. |
Tags |
Alleghany County (N.C.)
Cumberland Knob (N.C.) Flood of 1940 Photographs Road conditions Road damage Storm damage Weather |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |