| Collection |
Houck B Medford |
| Description |
K.B. Medford on the Linn Cove Viaduct on September 12, 2004. The Charlotte skyline is visible in the distance.
Thursday, September 8, 2004 wrecked havoc on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Hurricane Frances had unleashed its fury by inundating the Linville Falls Visitor Center and tumbling the motor road into the valley below, only a few miles south of Linville Falls.
The Parkway was closed after the hurricane, including the Linn Cove Viaduct, even through there was not one twig in the roadway between 221 and Holloway Mountain Road. The road was closed "for engineering reasons" as all the cuts and fills of this magnificent section had yet to be individually inspected. Law enforcement Ranger Hope Powers at the Sandy Flats ranger station remarked "Yep, this one is out of my hands."
Almost every significant storm in the Blue Ridge brings a unique experience of "clean air" and it was clean, calm and sunny on the weekend following the storm. On Sunday, September 12, the Viaduct was deserted except for K.B. Medford and her husband, Houck Medford, who chose to ride the big loop covering the Parkway viaduct section and US 221 from Blowing Rock.
The Charlotte skyline was uniquely visible from the Linn Cove Viaduct, an amost once in a lifetime occurrence in the 21st century. |
| Object ID |
2004.11.1 |
| Place |
NC/Linn Cove Viaduct |
| Title |
K.B. Medford viewing the Charlotte skyline from the Linn Cove Viaduct |
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