Tennessee Valley Authority - Nature's Power Harnessed - HISTORY

In the early 1930's, every spring in the Tennessee River Valley brought on an onslaught of rain which totaled six feet each year. Roosevelt created the Tennessee Valley Authority to fix the problem.

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