Abbott, Stanley William

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Abbott, Stanley William (1908–75). Influential American designer of the Blue Ridge Parkway (1935–87) linking the Shenandoah National Park to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the Appalachians.

Bibliography

US Dept. Commerce (1966);
US NPS (1964);
Zapatka (1995)

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