Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Road fill along edge of rough road |
Date | April 13, 1937 |
Description | Photograph shows workers and construction equipment at rough road cut in section 2C of the Blue Ridge Parkway, with Euclid two-way dump truck visible. |
Commentary | Section 2C, in Alleghany County, includes the area of Doughton Park, and stretches for 10.871 miles between Air Bellows Gap and NC 18. Construction along this section began on 12/07/35 and was opened to the public on 11/17/37. |
Location |
Location Name: Section 2C Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 36.416769
Longitude: -81.193564 |
Creator Individual | W.D. Stanton |
Tags |
Alleghany County (N.C.)
Construction equipment Fills (Earthwork) Landscape Machinery Photographs Road construction Roads Rocks View of road Workers |
Credit | Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives |