Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
About this Image
| Title | Flood damage, Debris washed into lower valleys. |
| Title Note | negative 6927 (646d), classification no. 551.5 |
| Date | August 17, 1940 |
| Description | A view from higher ground or aerial view of flood damage and debris washed in lower valleys along the Blue Ridge Parkway from the 1940 flood. Located on milepost 237.2-248 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters and taken by A.S. Burns on August 17, 1940. |
| Location |
Location Name: Milepost 237 Parkway Milepost: 237.0 |
| Creator Individual | A.S. Burns |
| Tags |
Alleghany County (N.C.)
Flood of 1940 Photographs Road conditions Road damage Storm damage Valleys Weather |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
