1 - Plott Flouring Mill, Clay Co., NC
I stopped by the remains of this grist mill along Brasstown Creek near Warne. I was a
few weeks too late in visiting, since all the new leaves are already hiding the structure.
I haven't been able to find out much about this mill. Some old NC Agricultural reports
from 1902, 1903 and 1904 reference the "J.T. Plott & Bro. Flouring Mill, in Brasstown".
A 1920 report also mentions it; by that time it was just named the "J.T. Plott Gristmill".
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Remains of the mill dam
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Mill dam, with mill wall faintly visible on left bank
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Mill wall
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A joggle in the mill wall.
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Edge of mill wall at the creek.
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Woodland Stonecrop (Sedum ternatum)
The most widespread native Sedum species in eastern North America.
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2 - McDonald Mill, Macon Co., NC
I was looking for the remains of this grist mill, and wound up talking with the landowner
whose property the mill once sat on. He moved to the property in 1959, and remembers
helping his grandfather tear down the old mill, which had been damaged by earlier floods.
The mill wheel and millstones had already been removed when they moved there.
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A painting of the old (long demolished) McDonald Mill.
Note the long, raised millrace leading to the waterwheel.
A friend of the landowner found an old 1916 photo of the mill, and he had this painting
by Michael Rogers made from it. I hope to eventually include a copy of that photo here.
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Not the exact same view as the painting, but the old mill was located between
the red tree and the creek. The original part of the owner's house on the rise
was built around 1880; it is thought that the mill dated to that same period.
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One of the few remaining pieces of the old mill.
This is a timber from the old millrace, now submerged in the creek.
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Dogtrot style barn with a gambrel roof, just uphill from the old mill location.
It was built by the same gentleman who built the landowner's house shown in the earlier photo.
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