To house workers and families displaced by flooding for reservoirs, the TVA built new housing. Norris was a planned community to house workers for the Norris Dam.
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“One of the small homes at Norris, Tenn.,” Tennessee Valley Authority, 1934
The Tennessee Valley Authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a federal public power provider, was born of persistent effort by Senator George Norris of Nebraska. Norris introduced legislation in 1926 that became the focus of prolonged congressional debate, especially over whether federal hydroelectric and munitions plants in Muscle Shoals, Alabama—built during World War I—should be privatized or part of expanded federal development. In 1933 Congress established the TVA as a federal entity. TVA-generated power proved crucial in home front defense production in World War II.
To house workers and families displaced by flooding for reservoirs, the TVA built new housing. Norris was a planned community to house workers for the Norris Dam.
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
