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Tennessee Story 3 Cities in Anderson County
In 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Tennessee Valley Authority into law. This changed the
Tennessee landscape, especially that of Anderson County. TVA launched its first major construction project with the
building of Norris Dam. The dam provided jobs, flood control, and electricity to Anderson County.
World War II led the city of Oak Ridge. It became the fifth largest city in Tennessee within two years. When the first
atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima Oak Ridge became known as the