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Title Detail of expansion dam
Date April 10, 1937
Description Photograph shows construction materials and worker at expansion dam on bridge #7 in section 2A of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Bridge #7 is a type of bridge known as a viaduct.
Location Location Name: Milepost 225
Parkway Milepost: 225.0
Latitude: 36.485117
Longitude: -80.97784
Creator Individual W.D. Stanton
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
Bridge construction
Bridges
Photographs
Stone carving
Stonemasonry
Workers
Credit Courtesy of the North Carolina State Archives