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Title Log Cribbing and Check Dams for Erosion Control
Date May 26, 1936
Description Man standing by log cribbing, while performing a check on dams for erosion control near Cumberland Knob, milepost 217.5, and section 2A of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters and taken by "GWW" on May 26, 1936.
Location Location Name: Cumberland Knob
Parkway Milepost: 217.5
Latitude: 36.55013
Longitude: -80.90869
Creator Individual G.W.W.
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
Cumberland Knob (N.C.)
Erosion
Log cribbing
Photographs
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway