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Title Alligator Back Sheet erosion control (after)
Date July 26, 1941
Description Photograph shows a landscape near Alligator Back following control measures for sheet erosion. Near mile post 242 in section 2C of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by D. W. L. on July 26, 1941.
Location Location Name: Alligator Back
Parkway Milepost: 242.0
Latitude: 36.4184627
Longitude: -81.1853662
Creator Individual Daniel W. Levandowsky
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
Alligator Back (N.C.)
Erosion
Landscape
Landscape restoration
Photographs
Sheet erosion
Storm damage
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway