Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
About this Image
| Title | View of Machined-Flattened Parkway |
| Date | July 22, 1936 |
| Description | Photograph shows an automobile driving along a machine-flattened section of road in section 2A of the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
| Commentary | The image shows the early Parkway in section 2A curving around a bend. The road was carved, cleared and flattened using heavy construction machinery. It is hard to determine if the road was being prepared to be laid with asphalt or if that would come later in the future. |
| Location |
Location Name: Section 2A Parkway Milepost: None |
| Creator Individual | W.D. Stanton |
| Tags |
Alleghany County (N.C.)
Automobiles Construction Construction equipment Road conditions Road construction Roads View of road |
| Credit | Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives |
