Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Slope during grading |
Date | October 1938 |
Description | Image shows men working to grade a slope that runs alongside the Blue Ridge Parkway. There is a truck parked next to the slope, and one man is standing on a rock pile in the back of the truck. The men are adding rocks to the soil at this portion of the slope, likely to prevent soil erosion. Image was taken in October 1938 near milepost 167 and Station 137+25 R L/back in Section 1S of the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
Location |
Location Name: Milepost 167 Parkway Milepost: 167.0
Latitude: 36.832349
Longitude: -80.342446 |
Creator Individual | K.W.D. |
Tags |
Automobiles
Grading (Earthwork) Patrick County (Va.) Photographs Trucks View of road Workers |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |