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