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
Sand dunes that resisted break due to fencing, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Good resistance to heavy seas from serious northeaster here shown by the fencing operations opposite old Phipps Gun Club location north of Buxton. No break resulted-- minor amounts of tide water slopped over the top.
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
Front view of building no. 373, covered with snow, bare trees around, Cosby, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Built 1957,Cosby Camptender Quarters; Building No. 373, II-B-(2)-7711, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Quarters
Fence and dike wreckage after Hurricane Helene, Hatteras Island, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Sand fence and dike wreckage with hurricane Helene" East of Durant's Court Hatteras Is. Visual evidence suggests sound tide came over sand dike and pushed against fence but seems likely subsequent sea tide caused this break."
Gate in wooden boundary fence in Maggot Spring Gap, looking south, man standing in front of fence in right foreground, trees in background, 1939
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-A-Fence-1351, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Fences,Boundary Fence; Maggot Springs Gap, Gate in boundary fence in Maggot Springs Gap, looking south.
1939-07
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
Photo looking west at gravel Whistling Branch Ford or the Walk Your Bike Hill lined with wood poles, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1971
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Whistling Branch Ford (Walk Your Bike Hill) before any action taken on bicycle accident prevention. Looking West.Cades Cove, II-R-Gen-17282
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
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.
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.
Road with rail fence and house in distant right, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1958
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
With road and rail fence; house in distance...Taken for use in Exhibit No. 8 of Sugarlands Visitor Center; Also used in Natural History Handbook, page 55. Hotizontal. Cable House; Cades Cove, II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-5740, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings
Close view of gate in wooden fence at Maggot Spring Gap, looking south, man in left foreground behind gate, trees in background, 1939
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-A-Fence-1350, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Fences,Boundary Fence; Maggot Springs Gap, Close-up of gate in fence at Maggot Springs Gap, looking south.
1939-07
Cades Cove meadowland maintenance Experimental Plot No. 7, Fonz Cable place, view of field, fence at left center, mountains in distance, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cades Cove meadowland maintenance Experimental Plot No. 7. Fonz Cable place. See also I-C-CC764 and 765. Cades Cove, Meadowland Maintenance, I-C-CC-766, Natural Features - Coves - Cades Cove.
Fence and dunes, Rodanthe, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
State or County built sand fences opposite Rodanthe in 1956 with the accumulation of sand held well during early phases of the northeaster of 10/19-21, but finally gave way allowing much tide water to flow inland, St/E,sm, shows same fence in Dec. 1956.
White two-story house with picket fence and rail fence in front, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1958
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
With rail fence in front...Taken for use in Exhibit #9 of Sugarlands Visitor Center. Horizontal.Cable House; Cades Cove, II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-5739, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings
Assistant Superintendent Jerry Eubanks, Regional Director Bob Baker, and Superintendent Dave Beal on Cataloochee look out next to fence, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1981
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Asst. Supt. Jerry Eubanks, Reg. Dir. Bob Baker, Supt. Dave Beal atop the look-out at Cataloochee,Visit of Reg. Dir. Bob Baker, IV-V-17791
1981-06
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
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.
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
Sand barriers and brush fences, Oregon Inlet, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Location about two miles S. of Oregon Inlet, typical of several instances where State-built sand plugs with brush fence protection in front held, through impounded tide water level was 2-4 ft. above road level at ht. of 10/19-21 NE Storm. Ponds bleed water onto highway.
Cades Cove, showing detail of rail fence around wildlife cover area and scarcity of cover without, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cades Cove, showing detail of rail fence around wildlife cover area and scarcity of cover without. See also I-C-CC-779 AND 780. Cades Cove, Meadowland Maintenance, I-C-CC-780, Natural Features - Coves - Cades Cove.
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
Wooden fence with large field and rolling hills in distance, Cades Cove, Tennessee, 1958
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Taken for use in Exhibit No. 2 of Sugarlands Visitor Center. Horizontal. Used in Exhibit Be Sure to See, titled Cades Cove. Cades Cove from Parking Area at entrance, I-C-CC-5657, Natural Features - Coves - Cades Cove
Cades Cove meadowland maintenance Experimental Plot No. 7, Fonz Cable place, detail of fence around check plot of 1/8 acre, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cades Cove meadowland maintenance Experimental Plot No. 7. Fonz Cable place. Detail of the fence around a check plot of 1/8 acre. Cades Cove, Meadowland Maintenance, I-C-CC-765, Natural Features - Coves - Cades Cove.
Photo looking east at Whistling Branch Ford or the Walk Your Bike hill overflowed with water, Cades Cove Loop Road, Tennessee, 1971
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Whistling Branch Ford (Walk Your Bike Hill) before any action taken on bicycle accident prevention. Looking East.Cades Cove Loop Road, II-R-Gen-17283
At original site on Indian Camp Creek, General view of pig pen and pig lot from near the cabin, Chandler Jenkins Pig Pen, Oconaluftee Farmstead, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
At original site on Indian Camp Creek: General view of pig pen and pig lot from near the cabin.Chandler Jenkins Pig Pen; Oconaluftee Farmstead, II-B-(5)-Ocon-3036, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
1937-04-24
Wooden fence with house in background and two people observing house, Oconaluftee Pioneer Farmstead, North Carolina, 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
with rail fence in foreground; Taken for use in Exhibit No. 2 of Sugarlands Visitor Center.Pioneer Farmstead House, II-B-(5)-Ocon-5642, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Wooden fence with a shrub and house and structures behind it, Oconaluftee Pioneer Farmstead, North Carolina, 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
with rail fence in foreground; Taken for use in Exhibit No. 2 of Sugarlands Visitor Center.Pioneer Farmstead House; Rear, II-B-(5)-Ocon-5640, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Cades Cove, showing cover inside fenced-in area, which is not to be grazed nor burned, mountains in background, 1938
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cades Cove, showing cover inside fenced-in area, which is not to be grazed nor burned. See also I-C-CC-778 and 790. Cades Cove, Meadowland Maintenance, I-C-CC-779, Natural Features - Coves - Cades Cove.
Dike at New Inlet with brush fence, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
View southward along the long dike at New Inlet. Ponding in barrow pit for the sand dike creates a bad condition. Had the brush fence not be present to stop the wave action and absorb some of the shockof tide water fed in from the beach the sand dike along would have gone.
Detail of barn lot, Houston Chambers Place, D-27, Rowans Creek, Cades Cove, Tennessee, restored at Johnny Cable Place, Abrams Creek, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
II-A-Gate-2016, Physical Facilities - Minor Structures - Gates,Gate, Cable Mill, Detail of barn lot. Houston Chambers Place, D-27, Rowans Creek, Cades Cove, TN. Restored at Johnny Cable Place, Abrams Creek.
Wooden fence leading to house in distance with scaring from Blue Ridge Parkway Construction directly above house, Oconaluftee Pioneer Farmstead, North Carolina, 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Farmstead area, showing fields in foreground, rail fence, house--and immediately above house, scars of Blue Ridge Parkway construction. Taken for use in Exhibit No. 2 of Sugarlands Visitor Center.Oconaluftee Pioneer Farmstead, II-B-(5)-Ocon-5636, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
Small house with picket fence on left and rock wall on right and snow on ground, Ephram Bales House, Roaring Fork, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Front view of house showing entrance from roadway. Note picket fencing on left side and rock wall on right, which is extended along roadway. Completion report photo.Ephram Bales House; Building No. 135; Roaring Fork, Tenn. II-B-(5)-3793, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved
Wooden fence surrounding field with large building in background with triangular roof and two people stand in front, Oconaluftee Pioneer Farmstead, North Carolina, 1959
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
with rail fence in foreground; Taken for use in Exhibit No. 2 of Sugarlands Visitor Center.Pioneer Farmstead Barn, II-B-(5)-Ocon-5644, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Oconaluftee pioneer, Farmstead buildings
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