Cable Mill Stones - Cades Cove
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N 35° 35.109 W 083° 50.664
17S E 242270 N 3941661
These four stones are on display near a working mill.
Waymark Code: WMEVA9
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 07/09/2012
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The Smoky Mountains Natural History Association keeps Cable Mill running in Cades Cove to teach the Smoky Mountain visitor a little about life in the 1800's. The mill is operated April-October. A handful of enterprising residents in Cades Cove built water driven mills to grind grain. Their hope was that other Cades Cove families would prefer paying them to grind the grain rather than to struggle with the small inefficient tub mills at home. The tub mills were only capable of processing a bushel of corn each day. The entrepreneurs were correct and ran fine business in Cades Cove as a result.
Type of mill: Water Mill
What did this millstone make?: flour
Status of Stone: Public Display
Website containing relating information: Not listed
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