Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Before grading. Deep gullies in erosive soil. Need flattening and rounding. Contour ditches required above. |
Date | July 25, 1935 |
Description | Photograph of an eroded dirt embankment next to the roadway near station 654+50 and mile post 229.3 in section 2A of the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
Location |
Location Name: Milepost 229 Parkway Milepost: 229.0
Latitude: 36.45404
Longitude: -81.020626 |
Creator Individual | Malcolm A. Bird |
Tags |
Alleghany County (N.C.)
Embankments Erosion Landscape restoration Photographs |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |