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Title Blacksmith Shop (Making shakes)
Title Note Note 30" oak timber later used for wheel shaft.
Date June 1942
Description Image of cutting wood near the blacksmith shop at Mabry Mill near milepost 176.1, section 1T of the Blue Ridge Parkway. 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 Blacksmiths
Floyd County (Va.)
Mabry Mill (Va.)
Photographs
Wood
Workers
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway