Old Hickory Lock and Dam
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 upstream from Nashville.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Lock
- Description: dam in Tennessee, United States of America, United States of America
- Also known as: “Old Hickory Dam” and “Old Hickory Lock”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pope Saint John Paul II Preparatory School and Rivergate Mall.
Pope Saint John Paul II Preparatory School
School
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Pope Saint John Paul II Preparatory School is a Catholic preparatory school in Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville. Pope Saint John Paul II Preparatory School is situated 1½ miles northwest of Old Hickory Lock and Dam.
Rivergate Mall
Retail building
Photo: Ed!, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rivergate Mall is a super-regional shopping mall located in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, United States, just outside of Nashville, the state capital of Tennessee. Rivergate Mall is situated 2½ miles west of Old Hickory Lock and Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hendersonville and Old Hickory.
Hendersonville
Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hendersonville is a city in Sumner County of the American state of Tennessee. It is a well-known suburb of Nashville, Tennessee, and has been the home of many country music stars, including Conway Twitty, Roy Orbison, and Johnny Cash.
Old Hickory
Hamlet
Old Hickory is a neighborhood of metropolitan Nashville, located in the Hadley Bend section of eastern Davidson County, Tennessee. Old Hickory is governed by the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County, because the government of Davidson County is consolidated with that of Nashville. Old Hickory is situated 2½ miles south of Old Hickory Lock and Dam.
Goodlettsville
Town
Photo: Evan Nichols (Virtua…, CC BY 3.0.
Goodlettsville is a city in Davidson and Sumner Counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It was incorporated as a city in 1958 with a population of just over 3,000 residents; in 2020, its population was 17,789. Goodlettsville is situated 3½ miles northwest of Old Hickory Lock and Dam.
Old Hickory Lock and Dam
- Categories: dam, hydroelectric power station, and body of water
- Location: Davidson, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.29613° or 36° 17′ 46″ northLongitude
-86.65706° or 86° 39′ 25″ westOpen location code
868M78WV+F5OpenStreetMap ID
way 1429715866OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lockWikidata ID
Q7084206
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Old Hickory Lock and Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Old Hickory Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اولد هيكورى لوك اند دام”
- Hebrew: “סכר אולד היקורי”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Олд-Гікорі”
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