Mill Details
Hickory Nut Gorge Mill ruins
Henderson Co. | North Carolina | USA
Known Dates: unknown
Township: Henderson Twp.
Watersource: Broad River.
Watersource: Broad River.
Location / Directions
Hickory Nut Gorge Mill ruins
From US 74 in Bat Cave, go east on SR 9 for about 0.9 miles to the mill site on the left, down a hill by the creek.
Verse for Thought
I choose to clothe myself with the Lord Jesus. Silently now I wait for Thee, Ready, my God, Thy will to see. "Open My Eyes, That I May See" by Clara H. Scott 1841-1897
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Robert T. Kinsey 10/22/2010
A man at the cider mill told me about this site.- Robert T. Kinsey
Robert T. Kinsey 10/22/2010
The mostly deteriorated pitchback wheel and connected belt pulley.
Robert T. Kinsey 10/22/2010
The collapsed, aproximately 10' X 10' mill structure.
Robert T. Kinsey 10/22/2010
A closer interior view of a lineshaft with a large pulley on each end and perhaps an electric motor in the foreground.
Robert T. Kinsey 10/22/2010
More mill machinery in the ruins.
Robert T. Kinsey 10/22/2010
The water supply approached from the right, supported by cinderblock piers.
Robert T. Kinsey 10/22/2010
A better view of the sluiceway supporting piers for the pitchback wheel.
Robert T. Kinsey 10/22/2010
The Old Mill Market behind the old mill ruins.GPS: 35° 27.53'N, 82° 17.32'W 1,631' elevation
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