Millrace by John Cable
by ProPeak Photography
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Millrace by John Cable
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ProPeak Photography
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In 1868 John Cable built a grist mill in Cades Cove, Tennessee. To operate that mill, he needed to divert water from Mill Creek, using this millrace to feed the overshot wheel.
The people of Cades Cove were open to the formation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, until the Federal Government determined that their land was necessary to maintaining the National Park and began to execute seizures under eminent domain.
By 1937, the remaining hold-out, John Oliver, abandoned his property, and the National Park Service agreed with the Great Smoky Mountain Conservation Association to maintain Cades Cove as a meadow, demolishing only the more modern structures, and leaving behind those artifacts which were most representative of early pioneer life in Appalachia.
John Cable's Grist Mill and the millrace, shown in this image, are part of what the National Park Service maintains toward this end.
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June 7th, 2019
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