31 Natchez Trace Drive

Historical marker location:

31 Natchez Trace Dr, Lexington, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of Natchez Trace Drive (Tennessee Route 104) and South Main Street (Tennessee Route 104), on the right when traveling east on Natchez Trace Drive.)

Marker installed: 1996

A Tennessee Bicentennial Project, 1996.

Tennessee was the site of the first commercial nuclear power plant in the United States. The Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar Nuclear Plant began operating in 1996 and remains in operation today.