Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Workers and Machinery at Work in Section 2A |
Date | July 22, 1936 |
Description | Photograph shows the Blue Ridge Parkway as seen from a hill, with machinery, workers, and an automobile on the road. |
Commentary | Here is a view of Parkway construction from higher ground. The machine in the foreground is clearing the road of debris using a similar method to a snow plow. While it clears the road it is also smoothing it out as well. The men are doing various jobs assisting in the clearing process. |
Location |
Location Name: Undetermined Parkway Milepost: None |
Creator Individual | W.D. Stanton |
Tags |
Automobiles
Construction Construction equipment Land construction Machinery Photographs Road construction Roads View of road Workers |
Credit | Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives |