Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Drop Inlet Station 29 |
| Date | October 28, 1936 |
| Description | Photograph shows a drop inlet with stone out cover near the road in section 2A of the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
| Commentary | This picture was taken towards the beginning of the Parkway's construction and most likely one of the initial projects undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Corp set up by President Roosevelt as one of his New Deal Programs. The Civilian Conservation Corp employed almost 3 million young men between the ages of 18-24 in jobs of conserving and developing natural resources. |
| Location |
Location Name: Section 2A Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 36.496308
Longitude: -80.955864 |
| Creator Individual | W.D. Stanton |
| Tags |
Drainage
Photographs Road construction Stone carving Stonemasonry |
| Credit | Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives |
