Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Bridge #6 During Construction (Section 2A) |
Date | June 23, 1936 |
Description | Photograph shows construction efforts, rubble piles, and a man across a channel from the photographer in section 2A of the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
Commentary | Another view of bridge site #6 in section 2A shows the pile of stones used for the bridge’s construction and the stream or channel it intended to cross. In the bottom right corner of the image there is a small piece of the bridge. In the background of the photo we see a car parked at the construction site and the Parkway meandering northward. |
Location |
Location Name: Section 2A Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 36.496308
Longitude: -80.955864 |
Creator Individual | A.C. Haygard |
Tags |
Bodies of water
Bridges Construction People Photographs Stone carving |
Credit | Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives |