Northwest post showing condition of end and side plates, corner post and braces, before being repaired, Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1936
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Northwest post showing condition of end and side plates, corner post and braces, before being repaired.Mingus Creek Mill; Building No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus-3080, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
1936-11-12
General view of sand trap. Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
General view of sand trap. The purpose of the sand trap is to catch silt and gravel which washes along the bottom of the forebay (flume), and keep it from getting into the turbine. It consists of silt in the bottom of the forebay thru which the silt drops, a box into which the silt settles, and a gate on this box which prevents water from escaping from the porbay but permits flushing out the box when it fills with silt.Mingus Creek Mill; Building No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus-4024, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
1937-10-23
Log and frame barn, Jessie McGee Barn, Caldwell Fork at McKee Branch, Cataloochee, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Log and frame barn. Note that the vertical weatherboarding on the gable of the barn is of rived boards. View from the south, front. 1954-to be sold Jessie McGee Barn CA-38 Caldwell Fork at McKee Branch Cataloochee, North Carolina III-B-10390, History - Buildings
1937-11-30
The lock with the inside casing removed, Ephraim Bumgarner barn, Bumgarner Branch of Deep Creek
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The lock with the inside casing removed showing: 1) the bold 2) the trigger which locks the bolt 3) the hole through which the finger is extended to operate the bolt and trigger.Ephraim Bumgarner Barn D-6, Bumgarner Branch of Deep Creek, III-B-9 71, History - Buildings
1937-05-13
HABS Tennessee 116. Showing buckets of new 30-inch turbine laid out, Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
HABS Tennessee 116. Showing buckets of new 30-inch turbine laid out and work on one bucket started. Turbine made from single slab of poplar, 34 inches square and 8 inches thick. Washed away in 1951 flood. Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway III-B-10,063, History - Buildings,Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway, III-B-10,063, History - Buildings
1936-06-17
Detail of Beam A in picture of column 9
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of Beam A in picture of Col. #9, showing bottom side of beam and joint Status: Dec 1941- Dismantled and moved to GSMNP 1954- Stored in red barn in Cades Cove - Transferred to State Park, Norris TN,Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn Noeton (Cherokee Reservoir), TN (near Morristown TN), III-A-CCTB-12046, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Tipton Oliver House, Cades Cove, Building No. 181, View from the northwest, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-2089, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved,Tipton Oliver House; Cades Cove; Building No. 181, View from the northwest. The far end of the house is log, weatherboarded with sash-sawn boards. A frame room was added to the near end of the house and a kitchen at the rear, both built with sash-sawn lumber cut on the Johnny Cable sawmill.
View of the dam from near the water gate after the flood of August 8, 1938 (left section of two photos), Cable Mill
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1920, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, View of the dam from near the water gate after the flood of August 8, 1938 (left section of two).
Detail of door to south pen of barn, note the use of horseshoes to repair the hinge, Cable Mill Barn, 1936
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1960, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Barn, Cable Mill; Door Detail, Detail of door to south pen of barn. Note the use of horseshoes to repair the hinge.
1936-09-12
Log cabin with frame addition, Building No. 331, Russ Whitehead Cabin, Cades Cove, Tennessee, Upper Cove Road
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Also known as Shields House, Log cabin with frame addition., Rehabilitated in 1956 for exhibit purposes., Building No. 331. Russ Whitehead Cabin CC-30, Cades Cove, Tennessee, Upper Cove Road III-B-(5)-10745, History - Buildings
Chimney, Soak Ash Creek Chimney, Near the Isaac Lindsey Mill, Soak Ash Creek, near Pittman Center, Sevier County, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Chimney. Soak Ash Creek Chimney, Near the Isaac Lindsey Mill, Soak Ash Creek, near Pittman Center, Sevier County, Tennessee; III-B-10108, History - Buildings;Chimney.Soak Ash Creek Chimney, Near the Isaac Lindsey Mill, Soak Ash Creek, near Pittman Center, Sevier County, Tennessee, III-B-10108, History - Buildings
1936-10-15
View looking upstream, main dam in the center and dam which diverts water to the race on the left, Cable Mill, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1904, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, View looking upstream...Main dam in the center and dam which diverts water to the race on the left.
1938-07-18
Detail of mill stone, Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway, Sugarlands, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of mill stone. Upper mill stone leading against the low wall, lower mill stone in front of it. Note how the spindle projects thru the lower mill stone, also, that no furrows in the upper stone, and only two in the lower stone are cut to the edge of the stone. (The two furrows are cut to the edge of the stone to allow the meal to work out at this particular point, where it will fall into the meal trough. Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway, Sugarlands, Tennessee III-B-10,074, History - Buildings
1936-07-17
Setting the balance ryne and spindle. Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Setting the balance rynd and spindle. In order that the millstone run true, it is necessary that the spindle be set normal to the face of the upper millstone. To do this, the wooden instrument shown in the picture and known as a tram, is used. The picture shows the upper millstone bottom-side up and the spindle in an inverted position, in order that i may be trued to the face of the stone. Mingus Creek Mill; Building No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus-4007, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
1937-09-15
View of the dam from near the water gate after the flood of August 8, 1938 (right section of two photos), Cable Mill
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1919, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, View of the dam from near the water gate after the flood of August 8, 1938 (right section of two).
Wooden socket and pin barn gate hinge
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Wooden socket and pin barn gate hinge... Note the split section of a log which has a socket cut in it to receive the pin which rests on it.George Birchfield Gate; Cades Cove, TN, II-A-Fence-12139, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Fences
Sherman Myers Log and Frame House, North Cove Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View from the southwest... Rear. Randolph Shields. Cassie Myers House X Nathan Spradling House. later peter myers. Inez Adams 1/14/98. Sherman Myers Log and Frame House CC-58, North Cove Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10428, History - Buildings
Caleb Bales chicken house and pigpen, Roaring Fork, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The log chicken house is to the right. Next to the chicken house is the pigpen, also built of logs. The pigpen has no roof. After the pigs are placed in the pen, it is covered with poles or boards and the poles or boards are weighted down with large stones to keep out the bears,Caleb Bales Chicken House and pigpen, Roaring Fork, Tennessee, III-B-9 17, History - Buildings
1935-12
Tipton Oliver Corn Crib, Cades Cove, Building No. 182, view from the southwest, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-2077, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved,Tipton Oliver Corn Crib; Cades Cove; Building No. 182, Corn crib, view from the southwest. Note: This is a double crib with an entry or wagon shed between the two cribs. The boards which project from the west wall formed a shelter for chicken nests which have been removed.
Gate Sawmill and Tub Mill
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
1 - The lever for communicating the motion from the saw gate to the carriage to move the log; 2 - The roller into which the lever is mortised; 3 - Block framed into roller and mortised to receive the upper end of the hand pole; 4 - The hand pole to regulate the feed; by setting the hand pole nearer the center of the roller, less feed is given . . . and farther off gives more. Gate Sawmill and Tub Mill; near Cashieres Valley, NC, III-L-12580, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
View looking under the mill, Tom Woody tub mill, Slab Camp Branch, Forney Creek, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View looking under the mill showing: 1) the tub or turbine 2) the bridgetree 3) the shaft which supports and turns the upper millstone or runner, and the series of levers by which the bridgetree is raised or lowered, raising or lowering the upper millstone and regulating the clearance between the upper and lower millstones which determines the fineness or coarseness of the meal. The shaft passes through the tub which bearing on bridgetree. Tom Woody Tub Mill, Slab Camp Branch, Forney Creek, North Carolina. III-M-9156, History - Mills and Milling
1937-10-22
View looking upstream, main dam in the center and dam which diverts water to the race on the left, Cable Mill, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1905, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings, Cable Mill, View looking upstream...Main dam in the center and dam which diverts water to the race on the left.
1938-07-18
View looking upstream from the west bank, showing the construction of the breast, diversion dam to left, main dam to right, Cable Mill, 1936
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1900, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, View looking upstream from the west bank, showing the construction of the breast... Diversion dam to left, main dam to right.
1936-11-06
Laying the sills for the restoration of the crib at the Johnny Cable place, Garland Corn Crib, Cable Mill Corn Crib, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1998, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill Corn Crib; Cades Cove, Laying the sills for the restoration of the crib at the Johnny Cable place. Garland Corn Crib: Laying foundations when being restored at Jim Cable Mill.
1937-02
The upper millstone or runner of the corn burrs before being sharpened. Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The upper millstone or runner of the corn burrs before being sharpened. Note the balance rynd and coupling of the wheat burrs to the right of the stone.Mingus Creek Mill; Building No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus-4021, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
1937-10-04
Gate Sawmill and Tub Mill
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
1 - the lever for communicating the motion from the saw gate to the carriage to move the log; 2 - the fender post; 3 - the gate; 4 - The saw; 5 - Upper iron... The saw is hung between this iron and the lower iron. Gate Sawmill and Tub Mill; near Cashieres Valley, NC, III-L-12581, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
View of base of pentstock during reconstruction showing its construction. Note the iron rods tying the base together. Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View of base of pentstock during reconstruction showing its construction...Note the iron rods tying the base together.Mingus Creek Mill; Building No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus-4015, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
1937-09-28
Making puncheons
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Making puncheons: Splitting the log . . . The split is started in the end of the log by tapping ga wedge lightly alon ga straight line thru the center of the log. Two or more wedges are used to split the log.Hewing and Riving, III-L-12571, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
Woven Picket Fence
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Continuation of that shown in III-A-Fence-12119: Two strands of wire at the top and two strands at the bottom are used for the warp in weaving this fence; the pickets are the woof. This loom was found in Cades Cove. View from north side of fence.Woven Picket Fence; Mrs. Mary Birchfield Place CC-53; North Cove Road, near lower end,; Cades Coves, Tenn. III-A-Fence-12120, History - Artifacts - Fences and Gates
Witt Shields Barn, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of the southwest corner of the north central pen, showing corner joints and the latch, and a portion of the door to the boxed stall at the rear of this pen. View from the south. Witt Shields Barn CC-31, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10647, History - Buildings
Abrams Creek Foot Bridge, John Cable Place, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View from the southwest, showing the log pen filled with stone while a formed the pier on the west bank,Abrams Creek Foot Bridge; John Cable Place, Lower Cove Road Cades cove Teen, II-F-(1)-11363, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Foot trail bridges; footlogs
Detail of fence, Houston Chambers Place CC-27, Rowans Creek, Cades Cove, Tennessee, restored at Abrams Creek, Johnny Cable Place, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-A-Fence-2012, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Fences,Fence, Cable Mill, Detail of fence. Houston Chambers Place CC-27. Rowans Creek, Cades Cove, TN. Restored at Abrams Creek, Johnny Cable Place.
Wooden socket and pin barn gate hinge
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Wooden socket and pin barn gate hinge... Note the split section of a log which has a socket cut in it to receive the pin which rests on it.George Birchfield Gate; North Cove Road; Cades Cove TN, II-A-Fence-12138, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Fences
Looking south at house, note woman washing clothes (?) in chimney corner. Lush Caldwell (or E.J. Messer) House, Messer Fork of Cataloochee Creek, circa 1936
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Looking south at house; note woman washing clothes (?) in chimney corner. Note also cross cut saw hanging on house wall.Lush Caldwell (or E.J. Messer) House; Messer Fork of Cataloochee Creek, III-B-4787, History - Buildings
Circa 1936
Houston Chambers Place, C-27, Rowans Creek, Cades Cove, Tennessee, restored at Johnny Cable Mill, Abrams Creek, detail of gate, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-A-Gate-2013, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Gates,Gate, Cable Mill, Houston Chambers Place, C-27, Rowans Creek, Cades Cove, Tenn. Restored at Johnny Cable Mill, Abrams Creek. Detail of gate.
Witt Shields Barn, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of the northwest corner of the south central pen, showing corner joints and the latch, and a portion of the door to the boxed-in stall at the rear of this pen. View from the north. Witt Shields Barn CC-31, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10646, History - Buildings
Detail of head and spur blocks, shaft, main gear wheel, and water wheel, Cable Mill, Cades Cove, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1855, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill; Building No. 173; Cades Cove, Detail of head and spur blocks, shaft, main gear wheel, and water wheel.
Ben Fisher Barn, Mouth of Couches Creek, Newfound Gap Road, Smokemont, Larry Conner Barn, Ben Fisher Place, Couches Creek, Smokemont, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View from the east (front). Razed. Ben Fisher Barn (O-13). View from east (front). Mouth of Couches Creek. Newfound Gap Road. Smokemont. Larry Conner Barn, Ben Fisher Place, Couches Creek, Smokemont, N.C. III-B-10141, History - Buildings
1937-06-06
Detail of one of the cribs supporting the forebay for flume. Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of one of the cribs supporting the forebay for flume, showing how the pens were jacked up to permit the replacing of unsound timbers. The new logs matched the original logs in size, material, and general character (round or split).Mingus Creek Mill; Building No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus-4005, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
1937-09-15
Detail of step gudgeon and bearing of shaft of king gear
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of step gudgeon and bearing of shaft of king gear. Shafts fit in thru mortises in shaft. Oxen hitched to the ends of these shafts and walking in a circle drove the machinery. Status: Dec 1941 - Dismantled and moved to GSMNP; 1954 - Stored in red barn in Cades Cove; - Transferred to State Park, Norris TN.Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn Noeton (Cherokee Reservoir), TN (near Morristown TN), III-A-CCTB-12088, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
New logs are selected for size, character, and material to watch the original logs as nearly as possible, Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
New logs are selected for size, character, and material to watch the original logs as nearly as possible. Mingus Creek Mill; Building No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus-3094, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
1937-07-30
View of dam from water gate after removal of driftwood, diversion dam in left foreground, main dam to the right, Cable Mill, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1907, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, View of dam from water gate after removal of driftwood. Diversion dam in left foreground, main dam to the right.
1938-07-18
Showing method of constructing a stake and rider fence
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Showing method of constructing a stake and rider fence... Note that the ground rails are laid first to fix the spacing of the stakes and how the pairs of stakes are staggered. Stake and Rider Fence; Dave Sparks Place CC-25; Upper Cove Road, Cades Cove, TN, II-A-Fence-12133, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Fences
Henry Whitehead House, Cades Cove, Building No. 176, General view from the south, Smokehouse on the right, Original cabin center
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-2095, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved, Henry Whitehead House; Cades Cove; Building No. 176, General view form the south. Smokehouse on the right. Original cabin center. Later house constructed of logs cut on the old sash saw at the Jim Cable Mill left.
Tipton Oliver House, Cades Cove, Building No. 181, Log and frame house, view from the south, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-2088, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved,Tipton Oliver House; Cades Cove; Building No. 181, Log and frame house, view from the south. The portion of the kitchen wing which continues beyond the porch is a later addition than the frame portion of the house and kitchen and is of boxed construction.
Showing conditions of shaft when removed to be replaced by new shaft, Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
HABS Tennessee 116. Showing conditions of shaft when removed to be replaced by new shaft. Note spindle in end of shaft and rims to hold it in place. Washed away in 1951 flood. Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway III-B-10,060, History - Buildings
1936-06-11
Aden Carver, 91 years old, who helped build the mill originally, and the runner after the shaft was repaired. Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Aden Carver, 91 years old, who helped build the mill originally, and the runner after the shaft was repaired.Mingus Creek Mill; Building No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus-4012, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
1937-09-28
Houston Chambers Place, C-27, Rowans Creek, Cades Cove, Tennessee, restored at Johnny Cable Mill, Abrams Creek, detail of gate hinge, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-A-Gate-2014, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Gates,Gate, Cable Mill, Houston Chambers Place, C-27, Rowans Creek, Cades Cove, Tenn. Restored at Johnny Cable Mill, Abrams Creek. Detail of gate hinge.
Rear side of Oconaluftee farmstead pig pen on site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, Tennessee, 1952
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
On site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, immediately prior to moving to Luftee: Rear.Oconaluftee Farmstead Pig Pen; Building No. 128, II-B-(5)-Ocon-6004, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Right side of Oconaluftee farmstead pig pen on site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, Tennessee, 1952
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
On site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, immediately prior to moving to Luftee: Right side.Oconaluftee Farmstead Pig Pen; Building No. 128, II-B-(5)-Ocon-6007, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Cabin and pig pen, view from the west, Indian Camp truck trail, Cosby, Tennessee, Chandler Jenkins House, Building No. 145, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cabin and pig pen, view from the west. Indian Camp truck trail, Cosby, TN. Used in Smoky Mountain Folks and Their Lore by Joseph S. Hall, page 70.Chandler Jenkins House; Indian Camp Creek; Building No. 145, II-B-(5)-3034, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
1937-03-26
Detail of corner joints of Pinnacle Creek Cabin, Pinnacle Creek, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of corner... Note that the upper edge of the log is notched to receive the next log this method is the reverse of the method usually used when the upper log is notched to fit over the lower log.
Leveling the sills with a water level, restoration of Cable Mill Corn Crib, Cades Cove,1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1997, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill Corn Crib; Cades Cove, Leveling the sills with a water level. The level is made of a narrow board with parallel faces in one face of which a groove 6 or 8 inches long is cut. Water placed in the groove acts as the leveling agent. Restoration of Corn Crib, Cades Cove: A short trough is gouged out of a straight, flat board or the top of the member to be placed. The trough is filled with water which is the leveling medium.
Interior detail of northwest corner of south pen, Ephraim Bumgarner barn, Bumgarner Branch of Deep Creek
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Interior detail of northwest corner of south pen showing method of joining logs of east and west walls of the south pen to the walls of the north pen. Note how the walls are keyed together by pegs driven through the common post.Ephraim Bumgarner Barn D-6, Bumgarner Branch of Deep Creek, III-B-9 68, History - Buildings
1937-05-13
Left side of Oconaluftee farmstead pig pen on site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, Tennessee, 1952
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
On site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, immediately prior to moving to Luftee: Left side.Oconaluftee Farmstead Pig Pen; Building No. 128, II-B-(5)-Ocon-6001, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Detail of gears looking north, with sheathing removed and shaft of king gear showing beyond
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of gears looking north, with sheathing removed and shaft of king gear showing beyond... View from the south. Status: Dec 1941 - Dismantled and moved to GSMNP; 1954 - Stored in red barn in Cades Cove; - Transferred to State Park, Norris TN.Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn Noeton (Cherokee Reservoir), TN (near Morristown TN), III-A-CCTB-12090, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
View looking east to diversion dam, corner of main dam to right, these views show condition of dam after driftwood was cleared, Cable Mill, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1901, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, View looking east to diversion dam...Corner of main dam to right. These view show condition of dam after driftwood was cleared.
1938-07-18
Man standing on porch of house with handmade brick chimney, Jim Hannah House, Little Cataloochee, North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View from the northwest showing the front porch and chimney of handmade bricks. This cabin is one of only two or three log cabins which have brick chimneys. The bricks were made and burnt in a field near the house.Jim Hannah House; Little Cataloochee; Building No. 147, II-B-(5)-3048, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Lewis Phillips Gate, detail of the bottom of the hinge stile
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of the bottom of the hinge stile, showing how it forms the bottom hinge and supports the gate. Note the horseshoe which has been fashioned into a staple and driven into the still log holding the hinge stile in place.Lewis Phillips Gate; Groundhog Creek - Cosby TN, II-A-Fence-12142, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Fences
Detail of construction of upstream face of dam, showing sill log to which piling is nailed, one plank of the decking, Cable Mill, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1913, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, Detail of construction of upstream face of dam, showing sill log to which piling is nailed, one plank of the decking. The log in the center does not support the decking, but is a key log separating, supporting, and tying together the logs which form the breast of the dam.
1938-07-18
Variation of the stake and rider fence
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
A variation of the stake and rider fence in which one post is used in place of two stakes and the rails are fastened to the post with wires and staples. Post and Rider Fence; McKee Place Ca-38; Mouth of McKee Branch on Caldwell Fork - Cataloochee, NC, II-A-Fence-12134, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Fences
Log barn and corn crib. View from the northeast (front). Tyson McCarter Barn and Crib, Webb Creek Building No. 141, 142, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Log barn and corn crib. View from the northeast (front). Note the rib pole construction of the roofs of the barn and corn crib.Tyson McCarter Barn and Crib; Webb Creek Building No. 141, 142, II-B-(5)-4085, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
1935-09-23
George Tipton Barn, Chestnut Flats Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
NOTE the split rails used to fill the chinks, the absence of mud sealing the chink, and the rived pine boards ceiling the chink. Many of those rived boards are four feet long... In riving the boards (shakes) to cover the roof, the heart portions of the log cannot be used... these are often used to cell the chinks. Pieces used in this way can be seen in the chink at he end of the rule, See III-B-10721 for information, KLM 3/15/84 George Tipton Barn CC-46-B, Chestnut Flats Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10723, History - Buildings
Detail of chinking, Cars Tipton Cabin, Chestnut Flats Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of chinking... NOTE how the larger chinks have been filled with sort sections of split rails. After the split rails are driven in tight, the remainder of the chink is filled with mud. Cars Tipton Cabin CC-47, Chestnut Flats Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10718, History - Buildings
View looking east to diversion dam, corner of main dam to right, these views show condition of dam after driftwood was cleared out, Cable Mill, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1902, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, View looking east to diversion dam...Corner of main dam to right. These views show condition of dam after driftwood was cleared out.
1938-07-18
Left side of Oconaluftee farmstead pig pen on site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, Tennessee, 1952
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
On site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, immediately prior to moving to Luftee: Left side, right or rear corner.Oconaluftee Farmstead Pig Pen; Building No. 128, II-B-(5)-Ocon-6002, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Right side of Oconaluftee farmstead pig pen on site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, Tennessee, 1952
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
On site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, immediately prior to moving to Luftee: Right side, left or front corner. ,Oconaluftee Farmstead Pig Pen; Building No. 128, II-B-(5)-Ocon-6006, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Snake fence along the west bank of Abrams Creek
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Snake fence along the west bank of Abrams Creek, Museum area, Cades Cove, Tenn...Note that the fence is built on a low pile of stones. The stones were picked from the feilds and from a dyke between Abrams Creek and the fields.Snake Fence; Cades Cove, Tenn. III-A-Fence-12113, History - Artifacts - Fences and Gates
View looking east to diversion dam, corner of main dam to right, these views show condition of dam after driftwood as cleared off, Cable Mill, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1903, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, View looking east to diversion dam. Corner of main dam to right. These view show condition of dam after driftwood as cleared off.
1938-07-18
Detail of the lower portion of the gate
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of the lower portion of the gate, showing the saw and pitman fastened to it... The pitman, by means of a crank, causes the gate with the saw to reciprocate with a vertical motion.Gate-Saw Mill; near Cashiers Valley, NC, III-L-12587, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
George Tipton Barn, Chestnut Flats Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
NOTE the split rails driven into the chinks... No mud was used to fill the remainder of the chinks, but rived boards were nailed over the chinks, both inside and outside. Some of the boards have been removed, but one of them can be seen in the upper righthand corner. See III-B-10721 for further information, KLM 3/15/84 George Tipton Barn CC-46-B, Chestnut Flats Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10724, History - Buildings
Rear left corner of Oconaluftee farmstead pig pen on site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, Tennessee, 1952
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
On site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, immediately prior to moving to Luftee: Rear, left corner.Oconaluftee Farmstead Pig Pen; Building No. 128, II-B-(5)-Ocon-6003, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Right rear corner of Oconaluftee farmstead pig pen on site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, Tennessee, 1952
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
On site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, immediately prior to moving to Luftee: Rear, right corner.Oconaluftee Farmstead Pig Pen; Building No. 128, II-B-(5)-Ocon-6005, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Rear right corner of Oconaluftee farmstead pig pen on site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, Tennessee, 1952
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
On site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, immediately prior to moving to Luftee: Right side or rear corner.Oconaluftee Farmstead Pig Pen; Building No. 128, II-B-(5)-Ocon-6008, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Setting the balance ryne and spindle. Detail of the tram. Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Setting the balance ryne and spindle...Detail of the tram. The upper end of the tram is fitted over the lower arm of the tram. The tram is turned and the spindle adjusted until the pin just touches the face of the millstone at all points as the tram is turned.Mingus Creek Mill; Building No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus)4006, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
1937-09-15
Left side of Oconaluftee farmstead pig pen on site at Chandler Jenkins Place, near Indian Camp Creek, Tennessee, 1952
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
On site at Chandler Jenkins Place, Indian Camp Creek, immediately prior to moving to Luftee: Left side, right corner or front corner.Oconaluftee Farmstead Pig Pen; Building No. 128, II-B-(5)-Ocon-6000, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Bottom view of the wheel (turbine) and shaft, Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway, Sugarlands, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Bottom view of the wheel (turbine) and shaft. Note the four dowels in the shaft to keep the wheel in position. The spot in the center of the shaft is the step gudgeons which support the shaft, and on which the shaft rotates. Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway, Sugarlands, Tennessee III-B-10,067, History - Buildings
1936-06-20
Abrams Creek Foot Bridge, John Cable Place, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of log walkway from the ground to the bridge level at top of log pen or pier on west bank... Detail show the rock which supported the walkway and a portion of the walkway,Abrams Creek Foot Bridge; John Cable Place; Lower cove Road- Cades Cove, Tenn. II-F-(1)-11370, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Foot trail bridges; footlogs
Kate Lawson house, mixing clay with water to make mud to chink the house
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Kate Lawson House . . . Mixing clay with water to make mud to chink the house...The board used to make the mud has the lower edge of the head (or big end) sharpened so it will cut the clay. The water is cut into the clay to make the mud.Chinking, III-A-Gen-9839, History - Artifacts - Miscellaneous (Davis pen, chinking, traps, playhouses, gold mining)
1936-10-29
Door detail of Witt Shields Barn, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of door at C... NOTE the left door jamb shows the original height of the door. The log above the top of this jamb has been cut out to increase the height of the opening. The upper part of the left (or hinge) stile forms a spindle. A piece of wood cut out to receive the spindle was fastened to the barn with oak pegs... this formed the upper hinge of the door. NOTE latch to right of door. For detail and explanation of lower hinge, see III-B-10657.
Showing one of the original logs placed along the lower bank to protect it. Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Showing one of the original logs places along the lower bank to protect it. These logs with plank spiling driven against them were used wherever fill was needed to build up the lower bank. This same method was used to protect weak sections of the race when it was restored.Mingus Creek Mill; Building No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus-4017, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
1937-09-28
Detail showing the double-wall construction between the kitchen and the big house, Sherrill Wiggins Barn, Georges Branch of Indian Creek, Deep Creek North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail showing the double-wall construction between the kitchen and the big house... NOTE bark remaining on some logs., W&R 3/13/41, Razed or melted down-- Sherrill Wiggins Barn D-13, Georges Branch of Indian Creek, Deep Creek North Carolina III-B-10784, History - Buildings
1937-05-31
Detail at junction of main and diversion dams, showing piling, portion of decking, log beams which support decking, and logs which form breast and support log beams, Cable Mill, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1910, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, Detail at junction of main and diversion dams, showing piling, portion of decking, log beams which support decking, and logs which form breast and support log beams. The space between the piling which forms the upstream face of the dam and the logs on the breast were filled with rock for ballast. Decay has allowed its ballast to be washed away by floods.
1938-07-18
Sevlie Teoni Du'An'-E holding double weave basket
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
She is holding a double weave basket which she made. The art of doubleweaving is almost lost, only a few of the Indians being able to do it.Sevlie Teoni Du'An'-E; Step daughter of Chief Standing Dier of the Cherokees, III-I-Gen-12441, History - Indians - People, etc.
Upper dam of Forge Creek, Mr. Wilburn is standing on dam breast, which diverts water to race, Cable Mill, Cades Cove, 1935
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II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1861, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill; Cades Cove, Upper dam of Forge Creek. Mr. Wilburn is standing on dam breast, which diverts water to race.
Structural detail of Witt Shields Barn, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of A (see photo at III-B-10629)... View from the exterior, showing the keepers which held the sliding bot to lock the door; the end of the log feed trough; and the hay rack. The spikes used to nail the door jambs to the wall logs are made from old horseshoes.
Tom Hearon making the wooden door jamb piece of the hinge, Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway, Sugarlands, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Making the door. Uncle Tom Hearon making the wooden jamb piece of the hinge. Note the wooden pins on the end of this piece, to which will be fitted the wood leaves which are laying on the ground and leaning against the log. These leaves will also serve as the batterns for the door. Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway, Sugarlands, Tennessee III-B-10,069, History - Buildings
1936-07-17
View from the west bank above the main dam, looking downstream and towards the east bank and entrance to the race (right section of three photos), Cable Mill, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1916, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, View from the west bank above the main dam, looking downstream and towards the east bank and entrance to the race (right section of three photos).
1938-07-18
Crank of sash saw and lower part of the pitman
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Crank of sash saw and lower part of the pitman: The crank is at one end of the water wheel shaft... The pitman, which is a wooden bar, connects the crank to the saw gate and imparts motion to the saw.Jim Cable Sash Sawmill; Cades Cove, III-L-12592, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
Crank of sash saw and lower part of the pitman
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Crank of sash saw and lower part of the pitman: The crank is at one end of the water wheel shaft... The pitman, which is a wooden bar, connects the crank to the saw gate and imparts motion to the saw.Jim Cable Sash Sawmill; Cades Cove, III-L-12591, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling
View from the west bank above the main dam, looking downstream and towards the east bank and entrance to the race (left section of three photos), Cable Mill, 1938
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II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1918, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, View from the west bank above the main dam, looking downstream and towards the east bank and entrance to the race (left section of three photos).
1938-07-18
Riving the board, the direction of the split can be controlled by the direction of pressure applied to the froe and pressure with the hand, 1965
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: Riving the board. The direction of the split can be controlled by the direction pressure is applied to the froe and pressure with the hand. Hewing & Riving; III-L-18190.Riving the board. The direction of the split can be controlled by the direction pressure is applied to the froe and pressure with the hand.Hewing & Riving, III-L-18190
1965
View from the west bank above the main dam, looking downstream and towards the east bank and entrance to the race (center section of three photos), Cable Mill, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1917, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, View from the west bank above the main dam, looking downstream and towards the east bank and entrance to the race (center section of three photos).
1938-07-18
Door hinge detail of Witt Shields Barn, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of portion of lower hinge at C. A block of oak, in which a round depressing (or sock was cut, was fastened to the log with the two oak pegs shown in the picture. The bottom end of the left (or hinge) stile of the door was formed into a pivot white fitted into the socket, forming the lower hinge of the door. NOTE that the door and hinges are constructed entirely of wood, not a single nail or other metal being required.
View of the race showing new spilling on both banks and one of several badly eroded spots. Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View of the race showing new spiling on both banks and one of several badly eroded spots. The water in the race washed away the toe of the upper bank, causing continuous erosion. Spiling was placed along the upper bank to prevent this. Any further sloughing off the banks will be caught by the spiling, eventually stabilizing the banks.Mingus Creek Mill; Building No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus-4029, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
1937-10-23
Henry Whitehead House, Cades Cove, Building No. 176, Detail of notched or saddle joint as used in the old house, note warping bars on rear wall, 1936
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-2099, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved,Henry Whitehead House; Cades Cove; Building No. 176, Detail of notched or saddle joint as used in the old house. Note warping bars on rear wall.
Clay bank and hole where mud is made to chink the house
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mixing clay with water to make mud to chink the house... The board used to make the mud has the lower edge of the head (or big end) sharpened so it will cut the clay... The water is cut into the clay to make the mud.Chinking; Kate Lawson House, Cades Cove, III-A-Gen-12219, History - Artifacts - Miscellaneous (Davis pen; chinking; traps; playhouses; gold mining)
Tom and Jerry Hearon hewing a new main shaft for the water wheel and main gear from a white pine log, 30 inches in diameter and 16 feet long, Cable Mill, Cades Cove, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1863, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings, Cable Mill; rehabilitation; Cades Cove, Tom and Jerry Hearon hewing a new main shaft for the water wheel and main gear from a white pine log, 30 inches in diameter and 16 feet long.
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