Historical Marker
Old Shipley Barn
Historical marker location:
2176 Gainesboro Grade, Cookeville, Tennessee
( Marker is on Gainesboro Grade (State Highway 290) south of Farmington Drive, on the right when traveling south.)
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.