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Orkney Grade

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Title

Orkney Grade

Subject

Dirt roads - Virginia - Shenandoah County

Description

Photograph of a switchback on Orkney Grade, a road connecting Mt. Jackson, Virginia, with the communities of Orkney Springs and Basye, Virginia.

This photograph shows the area commonly known as the "Double S Curves," where two switchback curves were present on Orkney Springs side of the mountain roadway.

This stretch of road has since been straightened.

A 1920's era automobile is visible on the right of the image.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Late 1920's based on the year of the automobile.

Contributor

Identified in 2004 by Carrie Clark and later confirmed by Buddy McClanahan (as told to John Adamson).

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

This road appears in Morrison Studio Collection Numbers 020178 and 020265.

Identifier

020178

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Glass Negative

Physical Dimensions

8x10 inches

Citation

Morrison Studio, “Orkney Grade,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed March 17, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/50286.

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