Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Gully and Sheet Erosion |
Date | July 1, 1942 |
Description | Photograph shows an automobile and the beginning of sheet erosion in a gully before any corrective action was taken, located in section 2E of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by D.W.L. in July 1942. |
Commentary | Noted in subject: Light areas in "before" picture represent spots with no cover and beginning of sheet erosion. See neg# 4539 Neg# 5438 - 5443 examples of run-off and infiltration control accomplished with 1942 S. & M.C appropriation. Blue Ridge Parkway |
Location |
Location Name: Section 2E Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 36.275389
Longitude: -81.427278 |
Creator Individual | Daniel W. Levandowsky |
Tags |
Ashe County (N.C.)
Automobiles Erosion Gullies Landscape Landscape restoration Photographs Sheet erosion Watauga County (N.C.) Wilkes County (N.C.) |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |