Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | After rains of August 13, 1940 |
| Title Note | negative 9320 |
| Date | August 18, 1940 |
| Description | On Route 321 between Boone and Blowing Rock after rains of August 13, 1940. Photograph shows damaged and uprooted trees and soil erosion caused by flooding. Taken by A. S. Burns on August 18, 1940. |
| Commentary | The area around Sections 2F and 2G of the Blue Ridge Parkway was battered by the flood waters that accompanied the storm of August 13-14, 1940. Resulting landslides claimed twelve lives in Watauga County. Although this photograph is of nearby US Route 321, damage along the newly constructed Blue Ridge Parkway was undoubtedly just as severe. |
| Location |
Location Name: Blowing Rock Parkway Milepost: 290.0
Latitude: 36.135129
Longitude: -81.6776059 |
| Creator Individual | A.S. Burns |
| Tags |
Blowing Rock (N.C.)
Boone (N.C.) Flood of 1940 Landslides Photographs Storm damage Trees Watauga County (N.C.) |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
