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Title Hand Trimming, Guard Rails
Date August 1973
Description This photograph shows a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway curving to the right, with a stone outcropping on the right and a grassy, downward slope on the left. Four workers in hard hats are shown working with tools around the guard rails on the left side of the road. The blue ridge mountains are visible in the background. This photograph was taken near milepost 7 in the Montebello Subdistrict in August of 1973.
Location Location Name: Milepost 7
Parkway Milepost: 7.0
Latitude: 37.961121
Longitude: -78.911628
Creator Individual Robert G. Bruce
Tags Augusta County (Va.)
Blue Ridge Mountains
Photographs
Roads
Workers
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway