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Old Hickory Lake is a reservoir in north central Tennessee. It is formed by the Old Hickory Lock and Dam ( 36°17′48″N 86°39′20″W / 36.29667°N 86.65556°W / 36.29667; -86.65556 ( Old Hickory Lock and Dam ) ), located on the Cumberland River at mile 216.2 in Sumner and Davidson counties, approximately 25 miles (40 km ...
Old Hickory Lock and Dam is a dam located in middle Tennessee on the Cumberland River at river mile 216.2 in Sumner and Davidson Counties, approximately 25 miles (40 km) upstream from Nashville. The reservoir behind the dam is Old Hickory Lake .
Old Hickory Lake, a man-made reservoir along the path of the Cumberland River in Middle Tennessee, named for Jackson Old Hickory Lake Arboretum, an environmental study area adjacent to Old Hickory Lake in Tennessee; Old Hickory Lock and Dam, the lock and dam which hold Old Hickory Lake in Tennessee
Phone service to the Old Hickory Lock and the Lake Office and Visitor Center has been temporarily disconnected and a planned service interruption could last into October as contractors work to ...
Melton Hill Dam was completed and its gates closed on May 1, 1963. Its first generator went online July 3, 1964, and its second generator went online November 11, 1964. The dam's lock was designed by the Army Corps of Engineers, which based the design on the Corps' Old Hickory Dam lock in Middle Tennessee. The Melton Hill lock is bigger than ...
Old Hickory is the site of a country club, large golf course, city park, a Chamber of Commerce, and the DuPont plant, which has been mostly shut down but continues to employ a few hundred workers. The Nashville National Weather Service Forecast Office is located just to the southeast in nearby Wilson County.
LaGuardo means "watchdog." An early spelling of the community was "Lagad" or "Lagado." In 1950 the center of the community was moved from Saundersville Road and Woods Ferry road to a mile southeast. This was due to damming of Old Hickory Lake and the increasing prominence of State Route 109. [2]
The Smoke House - original plus top layer of bricks from when the lake was added Herb Garden on the side of mansion, showing Old Hickory Lake. There was also an herb garden and peach orchard on the grounds. The Smiths were locally famous for their peach brandy, which was sold at five shillings per gallon.