Tennessee Valley Authority
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English: The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a corporation owned by the United States federal government, established by congressional charter in 1933 as part of the New Deal to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley region of the southeastern United States.
History
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Senator George Norris of Nebraska (right) sponsored the TVA Act of 1933 and is the namesake of the first TVA dam.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the TVA Act
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School near Loyston, Tennessee, in 1933; it was flooded when the first TVA dam (Norris Dam) was filled
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1933 image of a farm family in the Norris Dam area
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TVA-provided water supply in Wilder, Tennessee, 1942
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Douglas Dam construction worker drilling a blast hole with a jackhammer, 1942
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Carpenter working on Douglas Dam construction, 1942
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TVA fertilizer test plots, 1942
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Fisherman below Wilson Dam in 1940
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Big Ridge State Park on Norris Lake, Tennessee, built as a TVA recreation area. Image circa 1934-1945.
Sites and facilities
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Map of the TVA region and facilities
Dams and reservoirs
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Apalachia Dam
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Blue Ridge Dam
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Boone Dam
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Chatuge Dam
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Cherokee Dam
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Chickamauga Dam
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Douglas Dam
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Fontana Dam
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Fort Loudon Dam
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Fort Patrick Henry Dam
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Great Falls Dam
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Guntersville Dam
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Hales Bar Dam (demolished)
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Hiwassee Dam
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Kentucky Dam
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Melton Hill Dam
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Nickajack Dam
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Nolichucky Dam
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Normandy Dam
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Norris Dam
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Nottely Dam
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Ocoee Dams 1
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Ocoee Dams 2
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Ocoee Dams 3
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Pickwick Landing Dam
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Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant
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South Holston Dam
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Tellico Dam
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Tims Ford Dam
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Watauga Dam
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Watts Bar Dam
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Wheeler Dam
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Wilbur Dam
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Wilson Dam
Nuclear power plants
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Browns Ferry nuclear station, Alabama
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Sequoyah nuclear power plant, Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee
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Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant, Tennessee
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Abandoned structures at Bellefonte nuclear power station, Alabama
Fossil-fueled power plants
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Allen
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Bull Run
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Colbert
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Cumberland
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Gallatin
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John Sevier
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Johnsonville
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Kingston
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Lagoon Creek
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Paradise
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Shawnee
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Widows Creek