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Title Visitors at Blacksmith Shop
Date September 1970
Description Image of people alongside a split rail fence looking at a blacksmith shop in the Mabry Mill area near milepost 176.1, section 1T of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Presumably, the people are watching a blacksmithing demonstration. Also, a woman is sitting on a sign in front of the shop reading "Blacksmithing/Daily 10:00 A.M.-6:00 P.M." Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters. Photographed by Robert G. Bruce in September of 1970.
Location Location Name: Mabry Mill (Va.)
Parkway Milepost: 176.1
Latitude: 36.75
Longitude: -80.404722
Creator Individual Robert G. Bruce
Tags Blacksmiths
Fences
Floyd County (Va.)
Interpretive development
Mabry Mill (Va.)
People
Photographs
Signs and signboards
Structures
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway