Old Railroad Cable in the Cohutta Wilderness
Whether you are hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Cohutta Wilderness of Georgia, or the Alleghenies of Pennsylvania, you’re probably going to run across some evidence of human civilization, even in deep forest that has been protected for 100+ years. It’s wild to think how much development happened in the Eastern US…and how fast nature has recovered once we decided to leave portions of land alone.
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@nshivar one artifact I enjoy finding is abandoned watermills, which seemed to become common as we shifted away from small-scale water power and focused more on protecting water supplies from polluted runoff.
Yes! I need to keep a lookout for those. Any areas where you feel like they are more prevalent?
@nshivar the are two around here that are well preserved — at lullwater and sweetwater. I've seen older ones up north. I think water millls remained active more recently in the south due to later industrialization.
Nice – I had no idea about Lullwater! I’ll have to head up there soon.