Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal power agency
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned corporation created in 1933 to develop the Tennessee River system.
The TVA built dams for flood control, electricity generation, and navigation across seven southeastern states.
It became a model for large-scale regional development and remains the largest public power provider in the United States: My grandfather worked for the TVA during the Depression.
- hydroelectricityElectricity from moving water
- public powerGovernment-operated electricity service
- power generationProcess of creating electricity
- New Deal programsDepression-era federal initiatives
- economic recoveryReturn to prosperity
rural electrification · flood control · power grid · nuclear energy · river basin · watershed protection · dam · Chattanooga · Knoxville · coal-fired plants · reforestation · Franklin D. Roosevelt · federal agency · infrastructure investment · wildlife conservation · job creation · Appalachian Mountains · generator
- MegaprojectsPanama Canal, Hoover Dam, Three Gorges Dam, Channel Tunnel, International Space Station
- Alabama HistoryMontgomery, Birmingham, Selma, Montgomery bus boycott, Martin Luther King Jr.
- public enterprisespublic utility, public utilities, public services, national bank, national railway
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- US DamsHoover Dam
- American HistoryAmerican Revolution, Revolutionary War, colonial era, founding fathers, Declaration of Independence
Tennessee Valley Authorityprivatization
State sells public assets
Reaganomics · deregulation · neoliberalism · libertarianism · Ayn Rand
Tennessee Valley Authorityspontaneous order
Pattern emerging without design
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