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Title Radio Tower and House
Date 1940
Description Photograph shows workers at a construction site for a small building next to a radio tower in Bluff Park (now Doughton Park) in section 2C of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by Edward H. Abbuehl in 1940.
Location Location Name: Doughton Park
Parkway Milepost: 241.0
Latitude: 36.40596
Longitude: -81.17425
Creator Individual Edward H. Abbuehl
Tags Building
Construction
Photographs
Radio sub-stations
Workers
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway