Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Dirt slide in ditch, looking south |
| Date | February 27, 1945 |
| Description | Image shows a view of a roadway. The land at the left side of the road slopes upward fairly sharply, and erosion of the slope is evident. Dirt has slid down the side of the slope into a shallow ditch at the side of the road, and into the road itself. The image was taken in the Peaks of Otter area, near station 122, milepost 87 and Section 1K of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by Sam P. Weems on February 27, 1945. |
| Location |
Location Name: Milepost 87 Parkway Milepost: 87.0
Latitude: 37.451794
Longitude: -79.623005 |
| Creator Individual | Sam P. Weems |
| Tags |
Bedford County (Va.)
Erosion Landslides Peaks of Otter (Va.) Photographs View of road |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
