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Aerial of Radnor Lake area in Davidson County, Tennessee, 1961 January 03
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Title
Aerial
of
Radnor
Lake
area
in
Davidson
County
,
Tennessee
,
1961
January
03
Topical entry
Landscapes--Tennessee--Nashville
Lakes--Tennessee--Nashville
Wildlife refuges--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Radnor Lake (Tenn.)
Description
An
aerial
view
of the
Radnor
Lake
area
,
January
3
,
1961
.
Radnor
Lake
is
a
1,200-acre
natural
area
located
in
Davidson
County
in the
Overton
Hills
approximately
eight
miles
south
of
downtown
Nashville
. This
natural
area
is
an
outlier
of the
Western
Highland
Rim
and has
some
of the
highest
ridges
in the
Central
Basin
.
Radnor
Lake
was
protected
largely
because
of
public
interest
that
resulted
in a
campaign
to
save
it
from
development
. This
resulted
in the
State
acquiring
and then
designating
it
as a
state
natural
area
in
1974
. The
Louisville
and
Nashville
(L&N)
Railroad
Company
had
owned
the
property
and
impounded
Otter
Creek
in
1914
to
create
the
85-acre
lake
. The
reservoir
was
constructed
to
provide
water
for
steam
engines
at
Radnor
Yard
some
three
miles
away
via
gravity
through
a
downhill
flowing
pipe
. The
lake
that was
created
and the
surrounding
forest
provided
excellent
habitat
for
waterfowl
and
other
birds
and
animals
.
Albert
Ganier
,
who
was
founder
of the
Tennessee
Ornithological
Society
, was
instrumental
in
persuading
the
L&N
to
declare
Radnor
Lake
a
wildlife
sanctuary
in
1923
.
Forms
part
of
Record
Group
412
,
Photographs
Collection
.
1
photograph
negative
:
b
&
w
;
4
x
5
in.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
1961-01-03
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 412 904 Aerials Radnor Lake Area 1-3-1961 from negative 004
Relation
Record
Group
412
Coverage
1960-1969
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
:
Metro
Nashville
Archives
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG 412
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