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W. Asbury Cagle, miller at Mingus Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park W. Asbury Cagle, miller at Mingus Mill from 1917 to 1927. Copied by Wayne Lilly.Cagle, W. Asbury, III-P-4937, History - Mountain People

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Cable Mill in operation Great Smoky Mountains National Park Cable Mill in operation.Cable Mill, II-B (5) Cable Mill- 4578, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings

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Ashley Rayfield Tub Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park General view from the north...Ashley Rayfield Tub Mill G-34; Injun Creek, near Emerts Cove, Tenn. III-M-12540, History - Mills and Milling

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Mill turned by horsepower Great Smoky Mountains National Park The mill is turned by horse power. The furnace and evaporating pans are under the roof. See Foxfire 3 for the complete description of the sorghum making process.Sorghum Making, III-F-4697, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)

Ashley Rayfield Tub Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park General view of the mill and forebay from the north.Ashley Rayfield Tub Mill G-34; Injun Creek, near Emerts Cove, TN, III-M-12537, History - Mills and Milling

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Hopper, shoe, feeder, and millstone hoop, Mingus Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park Detail of Hopper, shoe, feeder, and millstone hoop.Mingus Mill, II-B (5) Mingus 4483, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill

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Bolting chest, Mingus Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park bolting chest.Mingus Mill, II-B (5) Mingus 4486, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill

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Gable windows show initials of Sion Thomas early who built the mill, Mingus Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park Gable windows showing initials of Sion Thomas Early who built Mingus Mill. See also II-B-(5) Mingus 3068,Mingus Mill, II-B (5) Mingus 4481, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill

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Bolting chest, Mingus Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park bolting chest.Mingus Mill, II-B (5) Mingus 4485, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill

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Crestmont mill employees pose on logs by skidder, North Carolina Great Smoky Mountains National Park Six men pose on logs by skidder.Crestmont Employees, III-L-17998

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Ashley Rayfield Tub Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park General view from the west...Ashley Rayfield Tub Mill G-34; Injun Creek, near Emerts Cove, TN, III-M-12539, History - Mills and Milling

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Layout of Crestmont lumber mill at Big Creek with pond, buildings, and piles of boards, North Carolina Great Smoky Mountains National Park Lumber mill at Big Creek; mill pond, buildings, railroad cars on tracks, piles of boards in right background.Crestmont Mill, III-L-17810

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Sorghum making, Lufty Farmstead Great Smoky Mountains National Park From the mill, the juice is strained into a barrell, then it goes into the first of a series of boiling pans.Sorghum Making; Lufty Farmstead, III-F-4852, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)

Will Messer's Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park Will Messer's Mill, III-M4286, History - Mills and Milling

Man stands next to flume of water leading to Trentham's Mill, Elkmont, Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains National Park Man stands beside mill race (flume) leading to Trentham's Mill, Elkmont. Print donated by Vic Weals.Flume to Trentham's mill Elkmont, III-M-17756

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Ashley Rayfield Tub Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park General view from the north.Ashley Rayfield Tub Mill G-34; Injun Creek, near Emerts Cove, TN, III-M-12538, History - Mills and Milling

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Interior view of country store showing corn meal ground at Cable Mill, Cades Cove Great Smoky Mountains National Park Interior view of Country Store showing corn mean ground at Cable Mill.Cades Cove Country Store, II-B-(4)-4904, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Visitor use buildings

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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).

Stills were set up at both the Luftee farmstead and Cable Mill area for demonstration purposes Great Smoky Mountains National Park Stills were set up at both the Luftee farmstead and Cable Mill area for demonstration purposes.Still, III-A-Still-4633, History - Artifacts - Moonshine Stills

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Tub mill belonging to Black Bill Walker Great Smoky Mountains National Park Tub mill belonging to Black Bill" Walker. Note that the mill had no sides; an open air mill. Mill was located in Walker Valley above Tremont.",Walker's Mill, III-M-4715, History - Mills and Milling

Jim Cable Mill plan, Cades Cove, Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains National Park Cable Mill; (plan); Cades Cove, II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1848, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings

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Women sitting on platform in Bill Stinnett's Mill, Walker Valley, Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains National Park Bill Stinnett's Mill Walker Valley, III-M-17542

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Busy day at Cable Mill area, Cades Cove Great Smoky Mountains National Park A busy day at Cable Mill area. Cars have filled the designated parking area and are on the grass along the roadway leading away from the mill.Cades Cove Parking, IV-U-4574, Miscellaneous - Use of Park

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Shields Mill rear view of wooden structure, Cades Cove, Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains National Park See III-M-17092 for other side of same building.Shields Mill Cades Cove, III-M-17238

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Indian Gap Pounding Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park General view... pestle in raised position. HABS No. NC-1; (Negative in Congressional Library, Washington, DC).Indian Gap Pounding Mill, III-M-12531, History - Mills and Milling

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Tub Mill and machinery in Walkers Valley Great Smoky Mountains National Park Tub Mill Walkers Valley, III-M-17536

Repairs, Mingus Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park Repairs to Mingus Mill- concrete slab under penstock. The shutters on the windows were placed there because a group of Boy Scouts broke out the windows, ca 1965. The shutters were put up every winter when the mill was closed. This process was stopped in 1975.Mingus Mill, II-N-(5)-Mingus Mill- 4708, Physical Facilities

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Sam Burchfield tub mill, Panther Creek Great Smoky Mountains National Park Tub mill belonging to Sam Burchfield on Panther Creek,Burchfield Mill, III-M-17099

Cable Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park Cable Mill, II-B-(5) Cable Mill-4622, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings

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Little River Lumber Co. mill and log pond, Townsend, Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains National Park Little River Lumber Co. Mill and log pond at Townsend.Little River Lumber Co. III-L-4765, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling

Detail of flood gate, view from west bank of race, Cable Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-1925, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings,Cable Mill, Detail of flood gate. View from west bank of race.

Group of men working at saw mill posing by machinery Great Smoky Mountains National Park Saw Mill, III-L-17535

Rear view of buildings at Crestmont Band Mill with steam rising, North Carolina Great Smoky Mountains National Park Crestmont Band Mill, III-L-17984

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Man and horse rest at sorghum mill, Great Smoky Mountains National Park Great Smoky Mountains National Park Man sits by mill; horse stops to rest. See also III-F-9829, 30, 31 and 17162 for same site,Sorghum Mill, III-F-18348

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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).

Stairs, Mingus Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park Stairs in Mingus Mill,Mingus Mill, II-B (5) Mingus 4482, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill

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Mill and town, Cresmont Lumber Co. Great Smoky Mountains National Park Mill and town site,Cresmont Lumber Co. III-L-4304, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling

Inspecting wide poplar lumber at Townsend Mill, Little River Lumber Co. Great Smoky Mountains National Park Inspecting wide poplar lumber at Townsend Mill. J.P. Murphy and H.B> Nields.Little River Lumber Co. III-L-4759, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling

Photograph of Shields Mill with forest background, Cades Cove, Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains National Park Shields Mill; Cades Cove, III-N-17092

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Toll Dish Great Smoky Mountains National Park Pounding mill in its original location on the Ephraim Bumgarner place, Deep Creek, NC, before being removed to its present location. General view... pestle in lowered position. HABS No. NC-1; Negative filed in the Congressional Library, Washington, D.C.Indian Gap Pounding Mill, III-M-12530, History - Mills and Milling

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Horse power used in sorghum making at Luftee Farmstead Great Smoky Mountains National Park Horse power is used to turn the mill to grind the cane.Sorgum Making; at Luftee Farmstead, III-F-4850, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)

Cable Mill showing flume and wheel Great Smoky Mountains National Park Cable Mill showing flume and wheel.Cable Mill, II-B-(5)-Cable Mill-4475, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved - Cable Mill Buildings

Last log through the mill at Little River Lumber Co., Townsend, Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains National Park Last log through the mill at Townsend, TN. Hemlock. From left: M.L. Marvie Tipton, D.H. Doc Tipton, Joe Murphy, Sr.Little River Lumber Co. III-L-4758, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling

Hopper, shoe, feeder, and millstone hoop, Mingus Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park Detail of Hopper, shoe, feeder, and millstone hoop.Mingus Mill, II-B (5) Mingus 4484, Physical Facilities - Buildings - Historic buildings being preserved -Mingus Mill

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Grist Mill, North Carolina Great Smoky Mountains National Park Mill in North Carolina - operated by water power. Note use of belts and pulleys to turn wheels, probably vertically set stones.Grist Mill, III-P-16272, History - Mountain People

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Wide poplar lumber cut at Townsend Mill, Little River Lumber Co. Great Smoky Mountains National Park Wide poplar lumber cut at Townsend Mill.Little River Lumber Co. III-L-4761, History - Logging, Lumbering, Hewing, Sawmilling