Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Slope before grading |
| Title Note | Showing steep overburden and talus before grading. (Neg#5362 showing after grading) |
| Date | October 1938 |
| Description | Image shows a slope before the grading process, featuring overburden and talus on the side of the road. See negative 5362 to view the same location after grading. Image taken by Malcolm A. Bird in October of 1938. Image taken at milepost 168 and station 159+25 L/back, in section 1S of the Blue Ridge Parkway, in Floyd County, Va. |
| Location |
Location Name: Milepost 168 Parkway Milepost: 168.0
Latitude: 36.822371
Longitude: -80.342472 |
| Creator Individual | Malcolm A. Bird |
| Tags |
Floyd County (Va.)
Graded road Grading (Earthwork) Landscape Landscape development L.D. grading Photographs Rocks |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
