The mill has a steel water wheel and must have thousands of rivets holding it together. You will notice that the water is coming out of a pipe. There is a cutoff valve at that point and if it were shut, the water would be diverted to the top of the wheel putting the wheel in motion.
The water comes from a dammed pond, which is about 250 feet up-stream, through an underground pipe.
The dam is made of what seems to be large granite block that were mortared together.
For more information on the mill, Google Sell's Mill Park
After we left the mill, we drove anther 15 miles to Hurricane Shoals Park, which was very interesting. I will post some pictures later.
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