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Title Before grading. Gullies in fill. Soil erosive. Needs flattening.
Date July 25, 1935
Description Photograph shows an ungraded road and a man standing in a shallow and eroded embankment separated by logs, near station 504+50 and mile post 226.4 in section 2A of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by M. A. B. on July 25, 1935.
Location Location Name: Milepost 226
Parkway Milepost: 226.0
Latitude: 36.47191
Longitude: -80.984269
Creator Individual Malcolm A. Bird
Tags Construction
Erosion
Gullies
Land construction
Photographs
Road construction
Roads
View of road
Workers
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway