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Title View looking south along parkway, showing construction operations
Date September 1936
Description Photograph shows workers and construction equipment at a road construction site near mile post 235.2 in section 2B of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by A.S. Burns in September 1936.
Location Location Name: Milepost 235
Parkway Milepost: 235.0
Latitude: 36.441286
Longitude: -81.095569
Creator Individual A.S. Burns
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
Construction
Construction equipment
Land construction
Machinery
Photographs
Road conditions
Road construction
Roads
Workers
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway