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Title Hand laid rock embankment showing small stone
Date November 19, 1936
Description Photograph shows a detailed view of a hand-laid rock embankment with a small pouch or case visible, possibly to indicate scale, between mile posts 228 and 231 in section 2B of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by Edward H. Abbuehl on November 19, 1936.
Location Location Name: Section 2B
Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 36.438936
Longitude: -81.071667
Creator Individual Edward H. Abbuehl
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
Masonry detail
Photographs
Rock embankments
Rocks
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway