Toll Dish
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Item Details
TitleToll Dish
CreatorExline, Edouard Evartt
Dates
Date Created
Descriptive InformationIf a man took his corn to the mill and the Miller was not there, he could grind it himself, for the operation of the common tub mill is a simple affair, and buildings of all kinds were seldom locked. It was the custom to pay 1/8th of the grain ground as toll for the grinding. . . Thistoll measured with a toll dish which usually measured 1/8th of a bushel. The photograph shows such a toll dish found at Mingus Creek Mill, Smokemont, NC . . . Note the N.C. burned into the wood, showing that it was officially measured and recorded.Millin; Toll Dish; (1 Gallon), III-M-12525, History - Mills and Milling
Physical Descriptions
Mediumblack-and-white negatives
TypeStill Image
Formatimage/jpeg
Box Great Smoky Mountains National Park Duplicate Negatives 12171-12319
Contributing Institutions
Identifiers
Digital IdentifierGRSM12525
Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/28EF0F76811CE09C74C431E493250E39
Batch ID20160301190133
RightsNo Known Copyright