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Title Retaining Wall
Date February 10, 1937
Description Photograph shows stone cement wall underneath hand-placed rock embankment in section 2M of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Commentary Noted: hand-placed rock embankment failing, but no cracks visible
Location Location Name: Section 2M
Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 35.788139
Longitude: -82.167372
Creator Individual W.D. Stanton
Tags Photographs
Retaining walls
Rock embankments
Rocks
Stone carving
Stonemasonry
Walls
Credit Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives