View looking from the east to the west bank with the diversion dam in the foreground, Cable Mill, 1936Great Smoky Mountains National ParkII-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1898, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, View looking from the east to the west bank with the diversion dam in the foreground...The upstream sill log, the breast logs, and some of the log deck beams are in place.
Dam under reconstruction. Mingus Creek Mill, Building No. 150, 1937Great Smoky Mountains National ParkDam under reconstruction...Logs showing in picture are original. Spiling on upstream side of these logs replaces the original spiling which rotted away.Mingus Creek Mill; Guilding No. 150, II-B-(5)-Mingus-4004, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill
Detail of abutment of main dam at west bank, Cable Mill, 1938Great Smoky Mountains National ParkII-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1914, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, Detail of abutment of main dam at west bank, showing piling to prevent erosion at right, decking of dam in foreground, and plank on top of decking and against bank to prevent erosion.
1938-07-18
Detail of construction of upstream face of dam, showing sill log to which piling is nailed, one plank of the decking, Cable Mill, 1938Great Smoky Mountains National ParkII-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.
Detail of abutment of the main dam at the west bank, showing piling, Cable Mill, 1938Great Smoky Mountains National ParkII-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1915, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, Detail of abutment of the main dam at the west bank, showing how the piling which forms the upper face of the dam is carried into the bank to prevent the bank from washing out. View looking downstream and toward the west bank.
Detail of main dam, looking toward the west bank, Cable Mill, 1938Great Smoky Mountains National ParkII-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1912, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, Detail of main dam, looking toward the west bank, showing plank sheet piling which forms the upper face of the dam and one remaining plank, which formed part of the decking.
View from west bank, looking east, showing condition, Cable Mill, 1938Great Smoky Mountains National ParkII-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1909, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, View from west bank, looking east, showing condition.
Mill Creek Dam after flood of August 8, 1938, view from the north bank, Cable Mill, 1938Great Smoky Mountains National ParkII-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1922, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings, Cable Mill, Mill Creek Dam after flood of August 8, 1938. View from the north bank, looking toward the mouth of the race which diverts water from Forge Creek to Mill Creek during times of low water.
1938-08-12
Millrace, view looking downstream from bridge over race, Cable Mill, 1938Great Smoky Mountains National ParkII-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1923, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, Millrace. View looking downstream from bridge over race.
Forge Creek Dam at Cable Mill, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1961Great Smoky Mountains National ParkForge Creek Dam; for Cable Mill, II-B-(5)-Cable Mill- 5993, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings