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Title View looking south on parkway showing construction and drilling operations
Date September 10, 1936
Description Photograph of workers and machinery during drilling and road construction near station 400+00 and mile post 245 in section 2C of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by A.S. Burns on September 10, 1936.
Location Location Name: Milepost 245
Parkway Milepost: 245.0
Latitude: 36.388328
Longitude: -81.204258
Creator Individual A.S. Burns
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
Construction
Construction equipment
Machinery
Photographs
Road construction
Workers
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway