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Title Mulching
Date December 22, 1947
Description Image shows two men in the process of mulching a slope. There are piles of hay scattered along the slope, which will likely be spread over the area. A truck is parked on the roadway near the base of the slope, and the bed of the truck is empty. The image was taken on December 22, 1947, near milepost 88.5 in Section 1K of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Location Location Name: Milepost 88
Parkway Milepost: 88.0
Latitude: 37.46179
Longitude: -79.633879
Creator Individual W.D.L.
Tags Botetourt County (Va.)
Erosion
Landscape development
Photographs
Trucks
Workers
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway