Bledsoe Monument

Historical marker location:

2901 Hartsville Pike, Castalian Springs, Tennessee

( Marker can be reached from Hartsville Pike (Tennessee Route 25) 0.1 miles west of Rock Springs Road.)

Marker installed: 1908

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.