Historical Marker
Mary Ellen Vaughn
Historical marker location:
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of South Highland Avenue and Vaughn Street, on the right when traveling north on South Highland Avenue.)
Marker installed: 2020
1893-1953.
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.