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Forge Creek Dam-John Cable Mill, Townsend, Blount County, TN

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Forge Creek Dam-John Cable Mill, Townsend, Blount County, TN

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Significance: The John Cable Mill, powered by an overshot water wheel, is an example of one of the six methods of making meal to be found in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The other methods are the Indian pestle and mortar, Indian querns, the pounding mill, the tub mill, and the steel turbine mill. ... John Cable built the present mill in the 1870s. Originally the mill had two sets of stones, one for grinding wheat which was removed some years ago, and the one which is still in use, for grinding corn. The mill was restored in 1935-36.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11
Survey number: HABS TN-118

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1935 - 1970
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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