var title         = 'Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway';
var intro         = 'The picturesque Mabry Mill is probably the most frequently photographed and most recognizable grist mill in the nation.  In spite of that... here I go.  When I was a child the interior workings of this mill still operated.  Today the belts that operated the various tools Ed Mabry had attached to his wheel have been removed and the mill no longer cuts, grinds, etc.  Still it is a study in water driven mill technology.  The many uses Mr. Mabry devised for his mill might surprise a few viewers that haven\'t seen it for themselves.<br><br>When viewing these photos one needs to remember that the U.S. Park Service \"spruced up\" this mill significantly when they restored it.  Although it is a historical representation of the original nearly all parts where either brought in from other mills or created on site. ';
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var majorCaption  = new Array( 'This and the next view have been used hundreds perhaps thousands of times for everything imaginable.', 'This particular view seems to be the favorite of most people and has even been used on postcards \"from\" New England.', 'The mill is an \"Over Shot\" as seen here', 'In this closer view you can see the gear wheels.  The small gear wheel is attached to a clutch mechanism inside the mill building.  Photo appears later in this show.', 'Mabry Mill was actually three mills/buildings.  On the left was the saw mill.  In the center the grist mill and on the right a woodworking shop.', 'This is the saw mill.  The saw was driven by a belt that rode the wheel on the far right and took power from a larger wheel attached to the clutch described earlier.  Picture of that follows.', 'This is the grist mill section.  Also driven by the main wheel by way of a belt (removed) it was only used to grind corn and did not have a bolter device to insure a consistent product.', 'This shows the jig saw and turning lathe in the woodworking shop.  The large wheels original had belts on them that powered the tools.', 'Turning lathe.  The wheel on the left being much smaller than the power take off wheel meant the lathe turned at high speed.', 'The clutch mechanism that connected the water wheel\'s power to the various tools in the mill.', 'A joining tool', 'The power wheels for the various tools.  They originally had belts that connected them to the tools.', 'Of interest is that the mill had several water sources and all became unreliable to the point that Mabry eventually added a kerosene motor around 1930.' );
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