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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