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Title View of road and gutter
Date 1930s
Description Photograph shows road with grassy hillside and stone gutter in section 2A of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Commentary Construction of this road began 9/11/1935 and ended 9/21/1939. Noted: erosion controlled by seeding, planting and construction of stone gutter.
Location Location Name: Section 2A
Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 36.496308
Longitude: -80.955864
Creator Individual Unknown
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
Drainage
Gutters
Photographs
Roads
Stone carving
Stonemasonry
View of road
Credit Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives