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Water Department and the George Reyer Pumping Station, Nashville, Tennessee, 1958 November 20
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Water Department and the George Reyer Pumping Station, Nashville, Tennessee, 1958 November 20
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Title
Water
Department
and the
George
Reyer
Pumping
Station
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
1958
November
20
Topical entry
Waterworks--Tennessee--Nashville
Water-supply--Tennessee--Nashville
Water treatment plants--Tennessee--Nashville
Municipal water supply--Tennessee--Nashville
Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville and Davidson County (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs
Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Description
A
photo
related
to the
Water
Department
and the
George
Reyer
Pumping
Station
in
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
November
20
,
1958
. The
George
Reyer
Pumping
Station
(located
on
Omohundro
Drive)
and the
Eighth
Avenue
Reservoir
were
built
in
1889
.
Both
the
pumping
station
,
powered
by
steam
until
1953
, and the
Eighth
Avenue
Reservoir
are
still
in
operation
today
and are
included
in the
National
Registry
of
Historical
Places
. A
water
filtration
plant
was
completed
at
Omohundro
Drive
in
1929
. The
K.R
.
Harrington
Water
Treatment
Plant
,
located
on
Heartland
Drive
in
Donelson
,
joined
the
Omohundro
Treatment
Plant
in
supplying
safe
,
clean
water
to the
Nashville
area
in
1978
. The
George
Reyer
Pumping
Station
was
named
in
honor
of
Captain
George
Reyer
, a
Water
Works
superintendent
for
over
41
years
.
Presently
,
Metro
Water
Services
,
officially
known
as the
Metropolitan
Government
of
Nashville
and
Davidson
County
,
Department
of
Water
and
Sewerage
Services
is
responsible
for
operation
of the
Omohundro
Water
Plant
in
addition
to the
vast
network
of
water
mains
that
provide
service
.
Forms
part
of
Record
Group
3
,
Metro
Davidson
County
Photographer
.
1
photograph
negative
:
b
&
w
;
4
x
5
in.
Publisher
Metropolitan
Nashville/Davidson
County
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
Date
1958-11-20
Type
Still
Image
;
Negatives
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
RG 3 8727 George Reyer Pumping Station Nov20 1958 001
Relation
Record
Group
3
Metro
Davidson
County
Photographer
Coverage
1950-1959
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
Metro
Archives
,
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5880
.
Location
Closed Stacks, Metro Archives RG3
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