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March 19, 2016

Cades Cove Grist Mill (May 2011)

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Our visit to Cades Cove included this state park where they actually milled flour & sold it to support the ongoing education and existence of keeping this park open. It was beautiful & there were also other relocated houses around it. I took tons of photos but these best showed the mill itself. I also snipped the info off the net so I could remember all the details about it.

"John P. Cable Mill
It was not uncommon for entire villages and towns to be built around grist mills in the 1800s. Because of their ability to grind grains into flower or meal at a faster rate than famers could do it themselves, grist mills were vital to local economies. As a result, the town mill often became a social gathering place as well, fostering friendships, business relationships, and sometimes even young courtships.
John P. Cable built his grist mill in Cades Cover in the early 1870s. He was a descendent of Peter Cable, a Pennsylvania Dutch farmer who had arrived in the area in the 1820s and designed an elaborate system to drain the swampy lands located in the western part of the cove.
John Cable was the only person in Cades Cove to use an overshot water wheel, a gravity wheel which harnesses the force of gravity acting vertically on the water as it travels from the top to the bottom of the wheel. Cable Mill's power was supplied by Mill Creek, although a connecting channel was dug to Forge Creek so the mill could tap both streams when water levels were low.
Cable Mill took double advantage of its waterwheel by using it to power saw mills as well. This revolutionized the way homes were built in the cove, as people switched from using logs to lumber and frame construction. The Gregg Cable house still stands as an example of a frame built house in Cades Cove."

This is for the March Ugly Paper challenge- the pps are the backing around the journaling and the base sheet under the gear overlay. I disassembled the embellie (it was a flower with a blue center)- the petals of the flower became the leaves at the corners of the journal block. The overlay is from Paper Lace 2. I stamped the date in the lower right hand corner.

Thanks for stopping by - have a blessed day.


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