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Title Interpretive sign and environs
Date April 1947
Description Image taken of the Rakes Mill Pond and dam alongside the road near milepost 162.4, section 1R of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Rakes Mill Pond interpretive sign can also be seen. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters. Photographed by A.S. Burns in April of 1947.
Location Location Name: Rakes Mill Pond
Parkway Milepost: 162.4
Latitude: 36.865919
Longitude: -80.284906
Creator Individual A.S. Burns
Tags Bodies of water
Dams
Floyd County (Va.)
Interpretive development
Photographs
Rakes Mill Pond (Va.)
Signs and signboards
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway