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The Tennessee Valley Authority is a government-owned corporation created by U.S. Code Title 16, Chapter 12A, the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933.It was initially founded as an agency to provide general economic development to the region through power generation, flood control, navigation assistance, fertilizer manufacturing, and agricultural development.
The Shields family operated Holston Paper Mill, one of the earliest industries in the county. The Knoxville and Bristol Railroad, also known as the Peavine Railroad, ran through the Richland Creek Valley from Bean Station to Blaine. The tracks would later succumb to flooding after the damming of the Richland Valley by the TVA in the 1940s. [79]
Eastman Credit Union (ECU) is a credit union headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, that is insured by the National Credit Union Administration. It was founded in 1934, originally to serve employees of the Tennessee Eastman Chemical Company. In 2005, it expanded to a community charter, opening membership to the wider community. [1]
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Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority that was among the first projects the TVA performed as part of the New Deal in 1933 [59] Tennessee's electric utilities are regulated monopolies, as in many other states. [60] [61] As of 2020, the Tennessee Valley Authority owned over 90% of the state's generating ...
This is a partial list of credit unions in the United States.. A credit union is a member-owned financial cooperative, democratically controlled by its members, and operated for the purpose of promoting thrift, providing credit at competitive rates, and providing other financial services to its members. [1]
Grainger County was a part of both the Knoxville metropolitan and the Morristown metropolitan [6] until 2023 when it was removed from the Morristown MSA. [7] The Knoxville MSA is the chief component of the larger Knoxville–Morristown-Sevierville, TN Combined Statistical Area (CSA), which also includes the Morristown metropolitan area (Hamblen ...
Alcoa Tenn Federal Credit Union (commonly ATFCU or Alcoa Tenn) is a credit union founded in the city of Alcoa, Tennessee that has since spread around Blount and Loudon, and Monroe Counties in Tennessee. Founded on July 9, 1936, as Plate Mill Employees Credit Union connected to the aluminum company ALCOA, the credit union is now a community ...