Big Concrete, the Tennessee River, and the New Deal

Richard M. Robinson ()
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Richard M. Robinson: State University of New York

Chapter Chapter 2 in Restoring America's Rivers, 2025, pp 27-57 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Big concrete dam constructions for electric power generation began in the 1920s, expanded with the employment programs of the 1930s, and continued with bureaucratic momentum into the 1960s. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was created for big concrete dam proliferation in the 1930s, and the Tennessee Valley Watershed was heavily dammed. But strong reactions against the necessary eminent domain actions required to build these big dams also developed, especially with the Cherokee Nation. When in the 1970s, the promised benefits of big dams significantly faltered with the Tellico Dam’s construction and debacle, then the political reaction became strong.

Keywords: Tennessee River; Little Tennessee River; Tennessee Valley authority; TVA; New deal and electric power; Flood control; Endangered species act; Tellico Dam; Cherokee nation; Duck River; Snail Darter; Timberlake (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-81758-8_2

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