Watkins Park Substation

Watkins Park Substation is an electrical substation in Davidson, Tennessee which is located on Jo Johnston Avenue. Watkins Park Substation is situated nearby to the pitch MLK Soccer Field, as well as near Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School and Fisk University.

Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School

School

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Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet for Health Sciences and Engineering at Pearl High School is a public magnet high school located in Nashville, Tennessee. Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School is situated 530 feet northeast of Watkins Park Substation.

Fisk University

University

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Fisk University is a private historically black liberal arts college in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in 1866 and its 40-acre campus is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Fisk University is situated 2,200 feet north of Watkins Park Substation.

Parthenon

Historic building

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The Parthenon in Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, is a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens, Greece. It was designed by architect William Crawford Smith and built in 1897 as part of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Parthenon is situated 1 mile southwest of Watkins Park Substation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include The Gulch and Nashville.

The Gulch

Neighborhood

The Gulch is a neighborhood on the south fringe of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, near Interstate 40, Interstate 65 and Interstate 24. It is known to be a trendy and hip neighborhood, and a popular destination for locals, college students, and visitors.

Nashville

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Nashville is the capital of the American state of Tennessee. With 716,000 residents in 2022, it is the state's largest city. Nashville is sometimes called the "Country Music Capital of the World" or more often "Music City, USA"; however, Nashville has done much to escape its country music image and become a regional center of culture and commerce.

East Nashville

Suburb

East Nashville is an area east of downtown Nashville in Tennessee across the Cumberland River. The area is mostly residential and mixed-use areas with businesses lining the main boulevards. East Nashville is situated 2½ miles east of Watkins Park Substation.

Watkins Park Substation

Type: Electrical substation
Address: 1600 Jo Johnston Avenue
Category: industry
Location: Davidson, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.16092° or 36° 9′ 39″ north

Longitude

-86.80266° or 86° 48′ 10″ west

Operator

Nashville Electric Service

Open location code

868M556W+9W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 205255844

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include MLK Soccer Field and Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.

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