Mabry Mill
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Mabry Mill, Meadows of Dan, Blue Ridge Parkway, Milepost 176, Virginia
Mabry Mill was built by Edwin Boston Mabry (E.B. Mabry). E.B. Mabry returned to Floyd County in 1903 and started the building of the mill. It was initial a blacksmith and wheelwright shop, then became a sawmill. By 1905 it was in operation as a gristmill. By 1910 the front portion of the mill was completed and integrated a lathe for turning out wheel hubs, a tongue and groove lathe, a planer and a jig-saw. In between 1905 and 1914 E.B. Mabry purchased adjacent tracts of land, largely for the purpose of acquiring a lot more water energy.
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