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Title Swannanoa Development
Date September 1944
Description This photograph shows an area near the Blue Ridge Parkway where the entrance to the Swannanoa Mansion and was being developed. The road visible on the right of the image is U.S. Route 250, and the road on the left is State Route 610. The beginning of the entrance driveway to the Swannanoa property is just visible turning off of Route 610 in the lower left side of the photograph. A truck is driving north on Route 250. This photograph was taken in September 1944 in Rockfish Gap, Va., near milepost 0 of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Location Location Name: Rockfish Gap
Parkway Milepost: 0.0
Creator Individual Unknown
Tags Augusta County (Va.)
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Roads
Rockfish Gap (Va.)
Trucks
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway