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Aerial of Radnor Lake area in Davidson County, Tennessee, 1961 January 03

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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