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Title Cumberland Knob
Date July 23, 1936
Description Workers digging with shovels and utilizing draw animals in addition to a pump machine on the 2A section of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Photograph taken from the North Carolina State Archives on July 23, 1936. Photograph labeled "Bridge 8 from left. Excavating for abutment 2."
Location Location Name: Cumberland Knob
Parkway Milepost: 217.5
Latitude: 36.55013
Longitude: -80.90869
Creator Individual W.D. Stanton
Tags Abutments
Bridges
Construction
Excavation
Land construction
Machinery
Photographs
Workers
Credit Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives