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Title Line Guides
Date July 23, 1936
Description Photograph shows wooden guideposts and foundation work on a rock embankment along section 2A of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Commentary Line guides and foundation excavation for rock embankment South from Station 578-60 in Alleghany County.
Location Location Name: Milepost 227
Parkway Milepost: 227.0
Latitude: 36.461685
Longitude: -80.992802
Creator Individual W.D. Stanton
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
Construction
Excavation
Photographs
Road construction
Roads
Rock embankments
Wood
Credit Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives