John P cable Mill
by Norman Johnson
Title
John P cable Mill
Artist
Norman Johnson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The John P. Cable mill was built as a grist mill in the early 1870's in Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountaines. It is an overshot water wheel/gravity wheel, meaning that water enters the wheel at the top and gravity pulls the water to its exit at the bottom of the turn of the wheel. It uses water from Mill Creek to power the wheel and a connecting channel was dug to Forge Creek to help provide water when the levels were low.
They also used the water wheel to power a saw mill which changed building construction in the cove from Log to lumber and frame.
The mill is still in use today as a grist mill and its stone ground corn meal can be purchased in the nearby store.
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October 2nd, 2017
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Norman Johnson
I'm really glad you like it John. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Images That Excite You."
Jenny Revitz Soper
BRAVO! Your exceptional artwork has earned a FEATURE on the homepage of the FAA Artist Group No Place Like Home, 10/8/2017! You may also post it in the Group's Features discussion thread and any other thread that fits!
Norman Johnson replied:
I'm really glad you like it Jenny. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "No Place Like Home."
Marvin Spates
Norman this is such a delightful photograph! I love Old Mills like this and the photos that are taken of them are always stunning! LF
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