National Register Listing
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
Ocoee No. 3 Hydroelectric Project
a.k.a. Ocoee Dam
1988 US 64, Benton, TN Local significance of the district: Architecture; Engineering; Industry; Entertainment/recreation; Social History
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
About National Register Listings
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.
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.