Model Spring - Land Between the Lakes
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trailhound1
N 36° 38.458 W 087° 58.551
16S E 412764 N 4055488
Model (Great Western) Spring is located on Land Between the Lakes' "The Trace" or TN Hwy 49, 12 miles (15 minutes) south of the Golden Pond Visitor Center, 1 mile south of the Home Place Interpretive Center, & 14 miles (20 minutes) north of Dover.
Waymark Code: WMBV34
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 06/21/2011
Views: 3
Limestone springs, such as Model Spring, are located throughout LBL. These springs occur at the base of many limestone formations where they crop out on escarpments and hillsides. This aquifer system is composed of Ft. Payne limestone of the Lower Missippian Period.
This area was first called Pryor's Creek, named for the first settler who came into the area, in or about 1800. Later, the community was known as Great Western for the Great Western Furnace established about 1854 by Brian, Newell and Company and lasted a few short yearsuntil 1857.
After the Civil War a "model town" was established as a real estate operation by the Cincinnati Cooperage Company, a maker of barrel staves, and that is how Bass passed through the fiery furnace, and the community became known as Model. Model lasted until 1967, the year that LBL was finally handed over to the operation by TVA.
Public or Private Land?: Public
Public Land Fees?: $0
Private Land access?: this spring is right next to the furnace and there is parking nearby.
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Visit Instructions:
Please post an original picture of the springs no GPS necessary along with your observations of the spring. What wildlife you saw if any and the condition of the springs. Water level was high, low. The area was clean, trashy ect. Any other knowledge or experiences you have had with this paticular spring that would help document it's history.