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Reservoir, Nashville, Tenn., circa 1910
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Title
Reservoir
,
Nashville
,
Tenn.
,
circa
1910
Topical entry
Capital City
Public Utilities
Buildings
Architecture
Transportation
Postcards--Tennessee--Nashville
Reservoirs--Tennessee--Nashville
Water supply--Tennessee--Nashville
Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville
Neighborhood--Tennessee--Nashville
Transportation--Tennessee--Nashville
Street-railroads--Tennessee--Nashville
Electric railroads--Tennessee--Nashville
Electric railroads--Cars--Tennessee--Nashville
Street railroads--Tennessee--Nashville
City & town life--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Eighth Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.)
Kirkpatrick Hill (Nashville, Tenn.)
Fort Casino (Tenn.)
Description
A
postcard
of the
Nashville
Reservoir
located
on
Eighth
Avenue
South
. An
electric
streetcar
is
pictured
on the
road
. In
1889
the
city
built
the
reservoir
on
top
of
Kirkpatrick
Hill
on the
site
of
Fort
Casino
just
south
of
downtown
Nashville
. The
reservoir
was
built
with
rock
from the
Meridian
quarry
and
supplied
water
to the
entire
city
. On
5
November
1912
, a
section
of the
reservoir
wall
collapsed
,
sending
twenty-five
million
gallons
of
water
into the
neighborhood
pictured
in the
foreground
of this
postcard
,
significantly
damaging
over
twenty-five
homes
. The
reservoir
was
repaired
and
re-opened
to the
public
allowing
residents
to
walk
or
bike
along
its
walls
. In
1917
the
reservoir
was
closed
to the
public
due
to the
outbreak
of
World
War
I
and the
fear
that
Germany
might
try
to
poison
the
city's
water
supply
if they had
access
to
it
.
Forms
part
of the
Norton
Postcard
Collection
.
1
postcard
:
col
. ;
3.5
x
5.5
in.
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Contributors
E.C
.
Kropp
Co
.
(Publisher)
Date
ca.
1910
Type
Still
Image
;
Postcards
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Norton - 0093
Language
English
Relation
Norton
Postcard
Collection
Coverage
1910-1919
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5782
.
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