Detail of flood gate with dam in background, view from the east bank, looking upstream, after restoration, Cable Mill, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1926, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill; Flo, Detail of flood gate with dam in background. View from the east bank, looking upstream, after restoration.
1938-12-08
Detail of foundations for east ramp between columns 5 and 9
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of foundations for east ramp between Col.'s #5 and 9 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-12074, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Detail of water wheel, flume, cribbing, and head block for main shaft, Cable Mill, Cades Cove, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1853, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill; Cades Cove, Detail of water wheel, flume, cribbing, and head block for main shaft.
Joe Tipton Barn, North Cove Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View from the northwest, Inez McCaully Adams. this was the William Gregory homeplace, where CCC Camp once was, near Missionary Baptist Church Feb 1984 KLM Joe Tipton Barn CC-59, North Cove Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10732, History - Buildings
Witt Shields Barn, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of north wall of the central entry, showing the south wall of the north center pen. SSE corner of the pen to the right. View from the south. Witt Shields Barn CC-31, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10633, History - Buildings
Tipton Oliver Smokehouse, Cades Cove, Building No. 296, View from the southeast, note the wooden hinges on the door, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-2084, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved,Tipton Oliver Smokehouse; Cades Cove; Building No. 296, View from the southeast. Note the wooden hinges on the door.
Detail of east ramp, Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of east ramp between Col.'s No. 5 and 9 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-12035, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Detail of evaporator pan
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of evaporator pan. Mr. Brannan at right of picture owns the mill and evaporator pan. He also supervises the boiling and receives as his toll (share) the fifth gallon of all sorghum made.Sorghum making, III-F-12618, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Caleb Bales chicken house and pigpen, Roaring Fork, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Note the nests on the outside of the house and the braces to prevent the building being turned over by bears. The chickens entered through the small door and were locked up each night. the log pigpen can be seen just to the left of the chicken house.Caleb Bales Chicken House and pigpen, Roaring Fork, Tennessee, III-B-9 18, History - Buildings
1935-12
Tipton Oliver Apiary, Cades Cove, Building No. 184, Apiary to the east of the house, view from the southwest, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-2071, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved,Tipton Oliver Apiary; Cades Cove; Building No. 184, Apiary to the east of the house, view from the southwest.
Detail of iron work used in a tub mill, Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway, Sugarlands, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of iron work used in a tub mill: 1) Step gudgeon in place 2) Ink stand or step bearing 3) Spider or driver 4) Spindle 5) Rings. Jim Carr Mill, Newfound Gap Highway, Sugarlands, Tennessee III-B-10,072, History - Buildings
1936-07-17
Tipton Oliver Smokehouse, Cades Cove, Building No. 296, View from the southeast, note the wooden hinges on the door, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-2085, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved,Tipton Oliver Smokehouse; Cades Cove; Building No. 296, View from the southeast. Note the wooden hinges on the door.
Aunt Rhodie Abbott
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Aunt Rhodie Abbott, sister of Kate Lawson. Aunt Rhodie lived in the log house which stood just to the east of the present Kate Lawson house, to which it was connected by an open passageway.Aunt Rhodie Abbott, III-P-12394, History - Mountain People
Whistling Gap Log Cabin, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
General view from the west, Inez McCaully Adams: Harvey Payne built this house up the branch from George Caughran place in the direction of Whistling Gap. I believe Caughrons owned it at time of sale to park. KLM 15Mar1984; Whistling Gap Log Cabin, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN; III-B-10755, History - Buildings;General view from the west, Inez McCaully Adams: Harvey Payne built this house up the branch from George Caughran place in the direction of Whistling Gap. I believe Caughrons owned it at time of sale to park. KLM 15Mar1984
Witt Shields Barn, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of the front entry or overhand, showing the east and south walls of the center log pen, or stall, south of the central entry. View from the southeast. Witt Shields Barn CC-31, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10626, History - Buildings
Witt Shields Barn, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of the south wall of the center entry, showing the north wall of the south central pen with leadder and harness closest. Northeast corner of pen to the left. View form the northeast. Witt Shields Barn CC-31, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10632, History - Buildings
Witt Shields Barn, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of north wall of north entry, showing the southeast corner of the first of the four pens which form the north wall of the barn. View looking west. Witt Shields Barn CC-31, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10628, History - Buildings
John Oliver House, Carmel Oliver Barn, North Cove Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
View from the west. John Oliver House. Identified by Inez McCaully Adams 8 Mar 1984 KLM. See III-B-10456 for info. Carmel Oliver Barn CC-16, North Cove Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10458, History - Buildings
Detail of the sorghum mill
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of the sorghum mill. The cane is crushed by rollers...the juice runs into a tub, located under the burlap in lower center of picture. Man - Dave Bohannan in the glades.Sorghum making, III-F-12616, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Aunt Rhodie Abbott
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Aunt Rhodie Abbott, sister of Kate Lawson. Aunt Rhodie lived in the log house which stood just to the east of the present Kate Lawson house, to which it was connected by an open passageway.Aunt Rhodie Abbott, III-P-12393, History - Mountain People
All that remains of the Pigeon Forge
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
All that remains of the Pigeon Forge... the hammer. The hammer, weighing about 700 pounds, was operated by water power and hammered out the pigs after the ore was smelted. (See also III-A-Gen-4365-4367, incl.).Forge; Pigeon Forge, Tenn. III-A-Gen-12243, History - Artifacts - Miscellaneous (Davis pen; chinking; traps; playhouses; gold mining)
Witt Shields Barn, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of southeast corner of main structure, showing the south elevation of the first of four log pens and adjacent to, and west of, the ell. View from the south. Witt Shields Barn CC-31, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10635, History - Buildings
Sherman Myers Log and Frame House, North Cove Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Front... View from the northeast. Randolph Shield- Cassie Myers House -1/14/98 Wrong-Inez Adams Louise Myers Woodruff- This is the Nathan Spradling house. Grandfather Pete bought place from Spradling. 29 Dec 1993. Sherman Myers Log and Frame House CC-58, North Cove Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10427, History - Buildings
Detail of Column 6 and 7, Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of Col.'s #6 and 7 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-12044, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Detail of farmstead house cornice showing how it was moved intact, Luftee Gap, North Carolina, 1952
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Moved to Luftee...Detail of house cornice showing how it was moved intact.Oconaluftee Farmstead House; Building No. 230, II-B-(5)-Ocon-6030, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Witt Shields Barn, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of the front entry, or overhand, showing the east and south walls of the center log pen, or stall, south of the center l entry. View from the southeast. Witt Shields Barn CC-31, Cades Cove, Tennessee TN III-B-10627, History - Buildings
Abrams Creek Foot Bridge, John Cable Place, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Looking toward the west bank after the flood... the ford is to the left,Abrams Creek Foot Bridge; John Cable Place, Lower Cove Road Cades cove Teen, II-F-(1)-11367, Physical Facilities - Footlogs and Bridges - Foot trail bridges; footlogs
Detail of foundations of west ramp, Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Detail of foundations of west ramp between Col.'s No. 8 and 12 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-12036, History - Artifacts - Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn
View of the house and crib from the southwest, Upper Joe Queen Place D-15, Thomas Divide, Deep Creek, N.C., 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-B-(5)-Ocon-1831, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer,Upper Joe Queen Place D-15, View of the house and crib from the southwest... Upper Joe Queen Place D-15. Thomas Divide, Deep Creek, N.C.
1937-04-07
Uncle Dan, Cades Cove, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Cove Road, Cades Cove, Tennessee; Uncle Dan was born and raised in a log house which stood on the site of the present boxed house. He was 83 years old when this picture was taken.Uncle Dan Myers, III-P-12346, History - Mountain People
George Birchfield Gate
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Note the ball and socket hinge... A stone with a round depression forms the socket in which the hinge post of the gate rests... Note also, the hickory wythe which holds the upper portion of the hinge post in place, but allows the gate to swing.George Birchfield Gate CC-6; North Cove Road; Cades Cove TN, II-A-Fence-12136, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Fences
George Birchfield Gate
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
A ball and socket hinge similar to the one at the barn, except that a section of log is used in which a socket is cut.George Birchfield Gate CC-6-B; North Cove Road; Cades Cove TN, II-A-Fence-12137, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Fences
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Upper dam of Forge Creek, Mr. Wilburn is standing on dam breast, which diverts water to race, Cable Mill, Cades Cove, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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.
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
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
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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
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)
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