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Title | Grist Mill |
Date | August 21, 1957 |
Description | Image of the interior of a grist mill in the Mabry Mill area near milepost 176.1, section 1T of the Blue Ridge Parkway. There are multiple signs, one describing the grist mill and another sign that gives the products and costs of things produced in Mabry Mill. The products sign reads, "Mabry Mill/Products/Corn Meal 2lb Bag 35 cents/Corn Meal 5lb. Bag 75 cents/Grits 2lb. Bag 35 cents/Buckwheat Flour 70 cents." Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters. Photographed by Earl W. Estes, Jr. on August 21, 1957. |
Location |
Location Name: Mabry Mill (Va.) Parkway Milepost: 176.1
Latitude: 36.75
Longitude: -80.404722 |
Creator Individual | Earl W. Estes, Jr. |
Tags |
Floyd County (Va.)
Mabry Mill (Va.) Machinery Photographs Signs and signboards Water mills |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |