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  2. Tennessee Valley Authority - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Should TVA headquarters be in Alabama? Why Supreme ... - AOL

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    Muscle Shoals was home to TVA's National Fertilizer Development Center and it was a critical outpost for its agricultural work. Between 1955 and 1961, TVA moved about 70 agricultural relations ...

  4. List of power stations operated by the Tennessee Valley ...

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    At Buffalo Mountain in Oliver Springs, Tennessee, TVA operates three wind turbines with a combined generation capacity of 2 MW and purchases the output of 15 additional wind turbines owned by Invenergy that have a combined capacity of 27 MW. As of 2013, the agency had purchased agreements from power generated from wind farms outside its service ...

  5. Muscle Shoals Bill - Wikipedia

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    Origins of the TVA: the Muscle Shoals controversy, 1920-1932 (Vanderbilt University Press, 1961) Norris, George W. (1945). Fighting Liberal: The Autobiography of George W. Norris. U of Nebraska Press. p. 249ff. ISBN 0803283652. Wengert, Norman. "Antecedents of TVA: The Legislative History of Muscle Shoals." Agricultural History (1952) 26#4 pp ...

  6. North Alabama - Wikipedia

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    Little River Canyon is a distinct feature of North Alabama’s Cumberland Plateau region. The Tennessee River traverses nearly the entire width of North Alabama, flowing southwest into the state near Bridgeport, and flowing northwest out of the state near Waterloo.

  7. Colbert County, Alabama - Wikipedia

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    Colbert County includes the cities of Sheffield and Muscle Shoals, where many popular American and British musicians, such as Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones, respectively, recorded music. Also located in Colbert County is the Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard established in 1937. [ 6 ]

  8. TVA wins $250M federal grant with 10 local utilities for grid ...

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    TVA anticipates the money will create around 800 jobs over five years, of which 99.7% will be union construction labor. Of TVA's 10,900 employees, 58% are represented by unions.

  9. Claudius H. Huston - Wikipedia

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    His association lobbied for the Muscle Shoals bid of the American Cyanamid Co., under which Union Carbide Co. would get a share of surplus Muscle Shoals power. In 1930, Mr. Huston became involved in the Senate Lobby Committee's investigation of various influences to obtain possession of the government's Muscle Shoals power and fertilizer project.