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[edit]

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.