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Title | Water-wheel |
Title Note | Installation of segment wheel arms |
Description | Image of the Mabry Mill water-wheel mid-construction near milepost 176.1, section 1T of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The water-wheel shaft has been attached to the mill and is having wheel arms attached by an unidentified worker. The shaft end not attached to the mill is exposed and resting atop a stack of wooden blocks and stones. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters. Photographed by Kenneth McCarter in June 1942. |
Location |
Location Name: Mabry Mill (Va.) Parkway Milepost: 176.1
Latitude: 36.75
Longitude: -80.404722 |
Creator Individual | Kenneth McCarter |
Tags |
Construction
Floyd County (Va.) Mabry Mill (Va.) Photographs Water mills Workers |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |