Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Slide rock cut |
Date | August 13, 1952 |
Description | Image shows the surface of a steep rock cut following a rock slide. A crack in the rock face curves into the side of the slope and a large pile of rocks appears on the Blue Ridge Parkway below. The pile of rocks appears to take up one lane of the road. Image taken between mileposts 98-105.8 in section 1L of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken on August 13, 1952. The photographer is unknown. |
Location |
Location Name: Section 1L Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 37.404264
Longitude: -79.825757 |
Creator Individual | Unknown |
Tags |
Bedford County (Va.)
Botetourt County (Va.) Photographs Road damage Rock cuts Rock slides |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |