Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Left-hand slope, being laid back |
| Title Note | Before |
| Date | July 10, 1936 |
| Description | Image shows a section of land being sloped back in preparation for road construction. A crane or land excavator stands on the top of the slope, to the left of the road, and a truck stands underneath it on the road side. Several other small trucks are in the background on the opposite side of the road. In the far background there are trees, and the bottom of a mountain appears at the far right edge of the photograph. Image taken by R.F.E. on July 10, 1936. Image taken near milepost 165 and station 7+25, looking ahead, in section 1S of the Blue Ridge Parkway, in Floyd County and Patrick County, Va. |
| Location |
Location Name: Milepost 165 Parkway Milepost: 165.0
Latitude: 36.915351
Longitude: -80.208014 |
| Creator Individual | R.F.E. |
| Tags |
Construction
Construction equipment Floyd County (Va.) Patrick County (Va.) Photographs Road construction Slope clearing Slopes (road cuts) Trucks |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
