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Title Drilling Operations. Looking across parkway line toward the west
Date August 1936
Description Photograph shows workmen and construction equipment during drilling operations near mile post 235.5 in section 2B of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by A. S. Burns in August 1936.
Location Location Name: Milepost 235
Parkway Milepost: 235.0
Latitude: 36.441286
Longitude: -81.095569
Creator Individual A.S. Burns
Tags Construction
Construction equipment
Drilling and boring
Land construction
Landscape
Photographs
View of road
Workers
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway