Aug 3, 2017 · The TVA, or Tennessee Valley Authority, was established in 1933 as one of President Roosevelt’s Depression-era New Deal programs, providing jobs and electricity to the rural Tennessee River...

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 ...

Learn about key moments in our history as we’ve tackled important issues in the Tennessee Valley such as power production, flood control and reforestation, and about how our mission of service lives on today.

Jan 22, 2025 · Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), U.S. government agency established in 1933 to control floods, improve navigation, improve the living standards of farmers, and produce electrical power along the Tennessee River and its tributaries.

Feb 8, 2022 · President Roosevelt signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act on May 18, 1933, creating the TVA as a federal corporation. The new agency was asked to tackle important problems facing the valley, such as flooding, providing electricity to homes and businesses, and replanting forests.

TVA was created in 1933, one of the “alphabet soup” projects championed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as a way to get a flagging country back on its feet during the Great Depression. The corporation’s purpose was succinctly expressed in the …

These in-depth history columns tell about the vision, the personal and political struggles that made the Tennessee Valley Authority great—and that transformed the lives of the 10 million residents of the Tennessee Valley from ones of poverty to prosperity.

Mar 13, 2017 · Created in 1933 as part of the Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, the Tennessee Valley Authority is an independent public corporation founded to control flooding, improve river navigation, assist farmers, provide cheap electric power, and make “surveys of and general plans for [the Tennessee River] basin and adjoining territory. . . for the ...

Oct 8, 2017 · The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is an independent public corporation founded by Congress in 1933 to control flooding, improve navigation, assist farmers, provide cheap electric power, and make “surveys of and general plans for [the Tennessee River] basin and adjoining territory . . . for the general purpose of fostering an orderly and ...

Jun 27, 2018 · The Tennessee Valley Authority Act was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1933 to establish the tennessee valley authority (TVA), an autonomous federal corporate agency responsible for the integrated development of the Tennessee River basin. The concept of the TVA Act (16 U.S.C.A. § 831 et seq.) initially appeared in the early 1920s, when Senator ...