Tennessee Valley Authority Cemetery Records, 1940-2003.

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Tennessee Valley Authority Cemetery Records, 1940-2003.

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Contains information on TVA grave removals and cemetery data for both the Cherokee Reservoir and Douglas Reservoir areas in East Tennessee.

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East Tennessee State University, TET

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East Tennessee State University, TET

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Tennessee Valley authority

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The TVA was created in 1933 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act creating a federal agency to develop the Tennessee Valley region, then suffering from soil depletion, flood damage, and economic depression. Fifty years later, over 30 electricity-producing dams controlled the Tennessee and its tributaries, and a navigation channel had been created from Paducah, Ky., to Knoxville, Tenn. In addition TVA had carried out programs to prevent pollution, improve forest and farm management, ...

Heiss, Donald R.

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The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) began on May 18, 1933. In the 1940's, TVA concentrated on water navigation, flood control, and power production, which lead to the building of the Cherokee and Douglas Dams. The Cherokee Dam, located on the Holston River in East Tennessee, was completed on December 5, 1941. Douglas Dam, located on the French Broad River in East Tennessee, was completed in February 1942. The flooding of the areas and construction on the dams forced a n...