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TVA: see Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), independent U.S. government corporate agency, created in 1933 by act of Congress; it is responsible for the integrated development of the Tennessee River basin. ..... Click the link for more information. . Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)U.S. government agency established in 1933 to control floods, improve navigation, and generate electrical power along the Tennessee River and its tributaries. The TVA is a public corporation governed by a board of directors. It has jurisdiction over the entire basin of the river, which covers parts of seven states: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Created by Congress as one of the major public-works projects of the New Deal, the TVA built a system of dams to control the region's chronic flooding, deepened the channel to improve navigation, and encouraged the development of port facilities along the river. The projects greatly increased traffic on the river and provided cheap electricity, spurring the industrial development of what had been a chronically depressed regional economy. See also Public Works Administration. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Last year TVA announced a voluntary "clean marina" pilot program in cooperation with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and the U. When the TVA moved to condemn his properties in 1933, Berry sought damages from the agency. 10 cover story on documercials ("All the News That's Not Really News"), TVA Productions attempts to portray "Business World News" as legitimate journalism not only to its (limited) audience, as your story pointed out, but also in its solicitation of companies it hopes to feature. |
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