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Title 30" timber for water-wheel shaft
Date June 1942
Description Image of two men using axes to chop a large piece of timber in the Mabry Mill area near milepost 176.1, section 1T of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The timber is being chopped as part of the mill's water-wheel construction. 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
Construction equipment
Floyd County (Va.)
Mabry Mill (Va.)
Photographs
Wood
Workers
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway