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Grist mill

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September 3, 2006
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Great Smoky Mountains
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  • Diary of a journey of Moravians: First-hand account of the journey of twelve Moravian brothers from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Bethabara, North Carolina in 1753. (Page 2)
  • Revolutionary North Carolina: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the era of the American Revolution. Topics include the Regulators, the resistance to Great Britain, the War for Indpendence, and the creation of new governments. (Page 3.2)

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Photograph of a grist mill, showing water flowing over the mill wheel.

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At a grist mill in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, water flows over the mill wheel. A grist mill is a building where corn or grain is ground into cornmeal or flour. The power of the water causes the mill wheel to turn, which in turn causes a pair of heavy millstones inside the mill to turn. The circular millstones are stacked, one on top of the other, and their turning crushes and grinds the grain between them.