These blocks of concrete-topped granite lie near the lake in the big pines at the old barbecue area, just past the gazebo. Can you guess what they once were?
In the early 1930s automobile tires were thin; here's a detail from a 1932 Ford.
Consequently, a pair of thin strips of concrete, rock, or brick would do for a driveway. Until the 1940s many driveways were such ribbon driveways.Here's a picture of one from the internet:
The long blocks of concrete at the lake are fragments of a ribbon driveway, probably dating to the 1930s.
This low wall at the front of my property is a fragment of a ribbon driveway; another fragment lies hidden under English ivy.
That's Gus the monitor lizard on top of the wall.
The driveway slabs at the lake are made of granite mined from the quarry at Stone Mountain; they're typical of stone work done in Pine Lake around 1940. The rocks in my wall match the stones in the foundation of my house; they date to 1936, when my house was built. Other older homes use this rock. I suspect it came from Snapfinger Creek.
If your house dates to the 1940s or so and you have big chunks of rock topped with an inch or two of concrete, chances are your property once had a ribbon driveway.
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