Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Cut before planting |
| Date | 1939 |
| Description | Image shows a road cut into a hillside. A dirt slope leads up from a gravel road, in preparation for planting. There appears to be a timber pile placed on the slope at the center of the photograph. The top edge of the slope is lined with trees. Image taken somewhere between mileposts 165-173 in section 1S of the Blue Ridge Parkway, in Patrick County and Floyd County, Va. The image was taken in 1939; the photographer is unknown. |
| Location |
Location Name: Section 1S Parkway Milepost: None |
| Creator Individual | Unknown |
| Tags |
Floyd County (Va.)
Graded road Patrick County (Va.) Photographs Slopes (road cuts) Trees View of road |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
