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Why they call them Blue Ridge Mountains

View from Frying Pan Tower

off the Blue Ridge Parkway in WNC

The United States Forest Service built the 70-foot tall tower in 1941. It is now on the National Register of Historic Places.

The steel tower atop the 5,340-foot Fryingpan Mountain was built for views to watch for fires until the early 1990s.

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Uploaded on September 17, 2013
Taken on September 17, 2010