Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Slope during L.D. grading |
| Title Note | Showing grading treatment of rock outcrops |
| Date | December 15, 1938 |
| Description | Image shows a slope during landscape development grading, showing the grading treatment of rock outcrops during the construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway. There are people working on the slope and standing on the road, toward the left of the image. A truck is parked on the right side of the graded road, and a tarp covers a pallet possibly holding supplies also on the right side of the road. Image taken by Malcolm A. Bird on December 15, 1938. Image taken at milepost 170 and station 261+50 L/ahead, in section 1S of the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
| Location |
Location Name: Milepost 170 Parkway Milepost: 170.0
Latitude: 36.804553
Longitude: -80.362041 |
| Creator Individual | Malcolm A. Bird |
| Tags |
Floyd County (Va.)
Graded road L.D. grading People Photographs Slope clearing Slopes (road cuts) Trucks Workers |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
