New Deal
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Transcript of New Deal
TVA
Kelsey Herbert and Madison Temple
Purpose of the TVAImprove navigation inTennessee River
Control destructiveFlood waters
Electricity generation
Accomplishments of the TVA
Includes three nuclear power plants, 11 coal-fired plants, 29 hydroelectric dams, five combustion-turbine plants and about 17000 miles of transmission lines
Electricity produced now reaches over 8 million residents of the Tennessee Valley
Largest public power system in the US
Leaders of the Tva
Chairman Bill Baxter
Director Skila Harris
David Lilienthal
Legacy of the TVA Succeeded provide electricity increase water supply provide recreational lakes create a series of lakes that form one long navigation channel from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Paducah, Kentucky stores excess water in flood season and lowers flood levels