PHOTO ALBUM 7 - Vaucluse, American National Bank, 1918 homes, Swinging Bridge Go back in time while you view this photo album of pictures of the Hadley House "Vaucluse", the American National Bank, homes in 1918, and the Swinging Bridge.  |  | | "Vaucluse" was built by Dr. John Livingston Hadley and stood almost 100 years until it was dismantled to make way for the Fiber Silk Plant construction in 1924. | American National Bank building on Donelson Avenue was built in 1918 and employed 60 clerks to handle the payroll load at the height of the powder plant days. |
 | | Homes near Jones and 8th Streets had the above appearance in 1918. The Government built the homes and assigned occupants from the powder plant. Constructed from long-leaf yellow pine, "they were among the best built homes in this part of the country," according to Milton O. Smartt, a DuPont retiree and long-time Old Hickory resident. Click on the photo to see an enlargement. |
 | | In the first years of rayon, this was a familiar sight coming from Madison and other points across the Cumberland River. Located about four miles north of the present bridge, the structure was used from the powder plant days until 1929. Appropriately named "Swinging Bridge", its boards rattled and banged whenever cars made the one-way crossing and the entire bridge actually swayed. With the Cumberland some 100 feet below, this caused at least some uneasiness for most of those making the crossing. |
As we obtain other photos of interest, we will include them on our Web site. Be sure to visit the other photo album pages. |
