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Title Station 258, Sec 2B Rock fill adjacent to hand-laid rock embankment
Title Note (Old neg.# 130D)
Date November 19, 1936
Description Photograph shows machinery working at a rock fill alongside a hand-laid rock embankment in section 2B of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by Edward H. Abbuehl on November 19, 1936.
Location Location Name: Milepost 228
Parkway Milepost: 228.0
Latitude: 36.464662
Longitude: -81.008457
Creator Individual Edward H. Abbuehl
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
Construction
Construction equipment
Land construction
Landscape
Machinery
Photographs
Rock cuts
Rock embankments
Rocks
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway