Address Restricted, White Bluff, Tennessee. County/parish: Cheatham.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 19, 1994. NRIS 94001188.
Part of Iron Industry on the Western Highland Rim 1790s-1920s MPS (NRIS 64500606).
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Montgomery Bell Tunnel, also known as the Pattison Forge Tunnel, which Bell called "Pattison Forge" (often spelled, incorrectly, "Patterson") after his mother's maiden name, is a historic water diversion tunnel in Harpeth River State Park in Cheatham County, Tennessee. Built in 1819, the 290-foot (88 m) long tunnel is believed to be the first full-size tunnel built in the United States, and is the first used to divert water for industrial purposes. It was designated a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1981, and a National Historic Landmark in 1994.
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