Roan Mountain Water Wheel Tennessee
by Jim Cook
Title
Roan Mountain Water Wheel Tennessee
Artist
Jim Cook
Medium
Photograph - Photo Infrared Camera Art
Description
If visiting Roan Mountain State Park be sure to stop at the visitor center. The water wheel is easily visible from the highway. The parking lot is above the bank of the Doe River. A foot bridge will take you across the river for a close-up look to the wheel. Just beyond is an historical marker and visitor center.
From the visitor center walk between the water wheel building and the bathrooms then bear left and go beneath the waterwheel flume and start your hike to the Peg Leg iron ore mine.
Water wheels like this one were connected to a 500-pound hammer. It would be lifted up a few feet, tripped, then crashed onto the ore below.
Ore was then melted in a nearby smelter, shipped to North Carolina to be further processed and ultimately sent to steel mills in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
A trip back in time made all the more enjoyable while surrounded by natures beauty.
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January 15th, 2023
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Comments (27)
Linda Buckman
This is a very beautiful image of this area. Great composition and I love the color palette.
Holly April Harris
Beautiful find! This is fantastic infrared artwork! I am very pleased to feature your wonderful artwork in the ‘Appalachia America’ group! Please add it to the “2023 First Quarter Featured Images Collection” thread in the discussions area to record and exhibit your image amongst the best in the group. Thank you! 1/26/23
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