Mills in the Upcountry: a Historic Context, and a Summary of a Mill ...

List of Figures
Figure 1. Map Showing Townships 1731-1765. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Figure 2. Grist Mills at their Simplest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure 3. Valley Floors With Natural Constrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Figure 4. Plan and Profiles of Mills Using Vertical Wheels and Horizontal Wheels . . 11
Figure 5. Small Upcountry Mills ................................... 13
Figure 6. Larger Upcountry Mills .................................. 14
Figure 7. Photograph of a Saw Mill and a Diagram of a Gang Saw . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 8. Vertical Wheels........................................ 17
Figure 9. Horizontal Wheels. ..................................... 19
Figure 10. Factory-Produced Turbines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 11. Gearing............................................. 25
Figure 12. Location of the Mill Site Within Peters Creek Heritage Preserve. . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 13. 1818 Map of Spartanburg County Showing “Wiatt”s Mill. . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 14. 1825 Mills Atlas Map of Spartanburg County Showing Wyatt’s Mill . . . . . 29
Figure 15. 1803 Plat Showing Wyatt’s Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 16. 1858 Geognostic Map of Spartanburg District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 17. 1873 Plat Showing Mill and Millpond to Hammett’s/Patterson’s/Brooks’ Mill. 33
Figure 18. Overlay of the 1873 Plat on the Contemporary USGS Topographic Map. . . 34
Figure 19. Map of Architectural Features at Peters Creek. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Figure 20. Photograph of Dam Showing Poured Concrete Base and Floodgates. . . . . . 37
Figure 21. Photograph of West End of Dam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 22. Foundation of Mill Building with Bulkhead/Retaining Wall to the Left. . . . . 38
Figure 23. Southwest Side of Mill Building Showing Opening, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 24. Photograph Showing Concrete Flume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 25. Photograph of Concrete Flume and Rock Pier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Figure 26. Photograph of Intake to Second Flume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Figure 27. Photograph of Riveted Iron Pipe Through Dam Showing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Transition to Concrete Flume.
Figure 28. Downstream End of Second Flume and Possible Turbine Location. . . . . . . 41
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