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Howell's Mill Nickajack Creek vicinity, Cobb County |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2013) |
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Howell's Mill Nickajack Creek vicinity, Cobb County |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2013) |
| Site of Howell's Mill, a 19th century grist mill on a tributary of Nickajack Creek |
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| Water flowing over old mill dam |
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| The mill was located in this small ledgy gorge |
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| Water below the gorge is backed up from beaver dams on Nickajack Creek. |
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| Mill site |
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| The dam contains two valved pipes for supplying water to a turbine. |
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| Boulder-covered slope across the creek |
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| The mill dam after several February nights of temps in the teens. |
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| Nearby Union entrenchment line (from 1864 Atlanta Campaign) |
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| Union Artillery breastworks overlooking Johnston's (CSA) River Line (10th Ohio Artillery Battery position - July 1864) |