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Title Repair Garage and Blacksmith Shop, CCC job 535
Title Note CCC Job 532
Date November 1939
Description Repair garage and black-smith shop in Bluff Park at milepost 238, section 2C of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters and taken by Armfield on November 1939.
Commentary The Civilian Conservation Corps had a maintenance area in Bluff Park at the site of the Brinegar Cabin.
Location Location Name: Bluff Park Maintenance Area
Parkway Milepost: 238.6
Latitude: 36.397556
Longitude: -81.224372
Creator Individual Armfield
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
Blacksmiths
Bluff Park (N.C.)
Brinegar Cabin (N.C.)
Brinegar, Martin and Caroline
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
Construction
Garages
Maintenance
Photographs
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway