Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Overlook Shelter |
Date | 1940 |
Description | Overlook shelter in the Bluffs, milepost 238.6, section 2C of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters and taken by "JEV" in 1940. |
Commentary | This picture was taken three years after construction on on section 2C of the Blue Ridge Parkway was complete. The Bluffs was renamed in the 1950s as Doughton Park. |
Location |
Location Name: Bluffs Parkway Milepost: 239.0
Latitude: 36.40596
Longitude: -81.17425 |
Creator Individual | J.E.V. |
Tags |
Alleghany County (N.C.)
Bluff District (N.C.) Bluff Park (N.C.) Bluff Recreational Area (N.C.) Bluffs Doughton Park (N.C.) Photographs Scenic overlooks Shelters |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |