Patterson Forge in Kingston Springs, Tennessee

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Patterson Forge

US 70 at Cedar Hill Rd., Kingston Springs, TN , USA

Tennessee State
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4.1 mi. Northwest, at the Narrows, Montgomery Bell, Pioneer industrialist, iron master, philanthropist, and turfman, built a forge in 1818. Power was obtained by tunneling water through the hill at the top of the Narrows to a point below it where the river returned after making a 7 mi. horse shoe bend.
Tennessee Historical Commission

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