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The old water tower at Sycamore Mill located near the dam. It was used if fire broke out at the powder mill. A pipe ran through the bottom of the tower down the bluff to the creek. At the top of the tank a small pipe extended over to the edge of the…

Photographs of the iron bridge connecting Sycamore Mill with the Sycamore to Pleasant View Road. Constructed in 1891 and designed by E.C. Lewis, the six cable iron bridge is believed to be the only nineteenth century six cable bridge still standing…

A handmade brick from a powder magazine at the Sycamore Powder Mills.

The remaining mill hands homes at the site of Sycamore Powder Mills 1973

Letterhead from Sycamore Powder Mills. the letter dated December 14, 1887 is payment for wood brought to heat the Sycamore School.

Letterhead from school pay warrants for D.C. Cullom, Justice of Peace, Sycamore, Tennessee.

Office stationery from the Sycamore Powder Company. This item was found in the teacher pay warrants from 1887. It was pay of $2.50 for wood for the school December 14, 1887.

1973 photograph of the Sycamore Dam which was used for the Sycamore Powder Mills.

Photograph of the Sycamore Dam spring 1973

Photographs of the present & past of the Sycamore Powder mills area,