GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS Alfred Reagan House and Tub Mill Historic Structures Report

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

PROJECT CONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL

1. STATEMENT OF MANAGEMENT'S REQUIREMENTS, PROPOSED WORK, AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FACETS OF THE PARK PROGRAM.

MANAGEMENT'S REQUIREMENTS:

Rehabilitate the Alfred Reagan Tub Mill to an original and operating condition. Located on the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, between the road and the mountain stream, it will be a focal-point of the Outdoor Museum.

PROPOSED WORK:

Rehabilitate the tub mill, and construct a new dam, flume, and turbine wheel. Treat all materials with a wood preservative.

2. ADVANCE REQUIREMENTS DATA

LAND STATUS: Government-owned. National Park Service
MASTER PLAN NO.: NP-GSM-3341
PCP NUMBERS OF PREVIOUSLY COMPLETE PORTIONS: None
INTERRELATED & DEPENDENT PROJECT PCP NUMBERS: B-307-2, B-308-l, M-223-1
WATER RIGHT NEEDS & STATUS: N.A.
RESEARCH NEEDS & STATUS: RSP Index No. GRSM-H-11 approved 6/22/67. Research Study B510, approved 7/13/67.

OTHER

The data on this PCP is basically identical to that of B-309-1, approved by the Acting Regional Director on 8/19/66. However, it is being resubmitted as per Regional Program Officer's criteria that all estimates more than one year old (at time of submission to Bureau of Budget) must be updated or dropped from the program.

3. RECOMMENDED BY SUPERINTENDENT
(Sgd) George W. Fry FEB 20 1968

4. APPROVED BY REGIONAL DIRECTOR
(Sgd.) Jackson E. Price MAR 19 1968

5. LOCATION WITHIN AREA OR TERMINI
Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail

6. BLDG. OR RT.# AND SEC.
Building No. 406

7. REGION
Southeast

8. PARK
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

9. PROJECT
Rehabilitate Alfred Reagan Tub Mill
County: Sevier
State: Tennessee

10. PCP INDEX NO.
B-309-2

ESTIMATE

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR PROJECT CONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL

PARK: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
FACILITY: Rehabilitate Alfred Reagan Tub Mill
P.C.P. NO.: B-309-2

1. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION

This tub mill has been held in a stand-by condition for many years, but it has deteriorated to such an extent that the structure will require a complete rebuilding.

The tub mill, well adapted for installation on mountain streams, is a small mill rarely serving more than one family, First brought to this country by the Swedes when they settled in Delaware, it found its way to the Smokies. At one time, the tub mills in the Smokies likely numbered several hundred, for in the area traversed by the Cherokee Orchard-Roaring Fork Roads there were 19 tub mills. Today in the Park, only two tub mills remain.

The tub mill was one factor in permitting the survival of settlements in extreme isolation.

The preservation of the Alfred Reagan Tub Mill is essential to the interpretation of the Mountain Culture of the Smokies.

2. TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Replace all unsound materials and furnish all missing materials.

Construct a new dam, flume, and turbine.

Treat all wood materials with a wood preservative.