Historical Marker
Early Pigeon Forge
Historical marker location:
3331 South River Road, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
( Marker is on South River Road just north of Old Mill Ave..)
Marker installed: 2015
The Growth of a Small Town.
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.