Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Rough Road |
Date | December 15, 1936 |
Description | Photograph shows a rough grade fill part of road with deep tracks leading up to a cut in the hill in section 2M of the Blue Ridge Parkway; a person and construction vehicles are visible near the cut. |
Commentary | This picture was taken in December of 1936 during the early construction of Section 2M of the Parkway which was begun in the summer of 1936 and completed in 1940. |
Location |
Location Name: Section 2M Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 35.788139
Longitude: -82.167372 |
Creator Individual | W.D. Stanton |
Tags |
Construction
Construction equipment People Photographs Road conditions Roads Vehicles View of road |
Credit | Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives |