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Show TABLE 3.-Total ultimate installation of electric generating capacity * at existing plants TABLE 3.-Total ultimate installation of electric generating capacityl at existing plants-Continued 1 Omitting Johnsonville, Widows Creek, and subsequent steam plants now in process of planning and construction. 1 Located in the Cumberland Basin. Other major de- velopments are recommended by the Corps of Engineers at Stewarts Ferry, Carthage, Cheatham, Three Islands, Celina, Old Hickory, and lower Cumberland sites. 8 Municipal. The common malaria carrier in the Tennessee Valley is the Anopheles mosquito. In 1933 blood sample tests made in the problem areas along the Tennessee River reservoirs showed evidence of malaria among roughly 30 percent of the population. The malaria control problem confronted TVA immediately. In the early 1930's, the disease was still one of the most important public health prob- lems of the southeastern United States. Creation of a chain of artificial lakes in a region where ma- laria was already serious presented an unprece- dented control problem. This problem was inten- 729 Plants Kilowatts Number Alcoa-major hydroelectric: Calderwood.................. 121,500 3 Cheoah...................... 106,000 5 Thorpe (Glenville)............ 21,600 1 Nantahala.................... 43,200 1 Santeetlah.................... 45,000 2 Total...................... 337,300 12 Alcoa-small hydroelectric: Bryson....................... 980 2 Franklin..................... 1,040 2 Mission...................... 1,800 3 Queens Creek................. 1,440 1 Tuckasegee................... 3,000 1 Total...................... 8,260 9 Total-Alcoa hydroelectric. . 345, 560 21 Corps of Engineers: Major hydroelectric: Dale Hollow »............. 54,000 3 Center Hill ».............. 135,000 3 Wolf Creek «.............. 270,000 6 459,000 12 Total system.............3, 870,110 175 Plants Kilowatts N"ml?er oi units Major hydroelectric: Apalachia.................... 75,000 2 Blue Ridge................... 20,000 1 Chatuge..................... 8,000 1 Cherokee.................... 120,000 4 Chickamauga................. 108,000 4 Douglas..................... 112,000 4 Fontana..................... 202,500 3 Fort Loudoun................ 128,000 4 Great Falls*.................. 31,860 2 Guntersville.................. 97,200 4 Hales Bar.................... 99,700 16 Hiwassee..................... 115,200 2 Kentucky.................... 160,000 5 Nolichucky................... 10,640 4 Norris....................... 100,800 2 Nottely...................... 10,000 1 Ocoee No. 1.................. 18,000 5 OcoeeNo. 2.................. 19,900 2 Ocoee No. 3.................. 27,000 1 Pickwick Landing............. 216, 000 6 South Holston................ 35,000 1 Watauga..................... 50,000 2 Watts Bar.................... 150,000 5 Wheeler..................... 259,200 8 Wilbur...................... 10,700 4 Wilson...................... 436,000 18 Total......................2, 620, 700 111 Major fuel: Bowling Green................ 3,750 2 Hales Bar.................... 40,000 2 Memphis (leased)4............ 20, 000 ........ NashvilleJ................... 48,000 6 Parksville.................... 13,000 2 Watauga..................... 8,500 4 Watts Bar.................... 240,000 4 Wilson...................... 64,000 5 Total...................... 437,250 25 Small hydroelectric: Columbia...... 800 2 Small fuel: Hopkinsville»................. 4,300 3 Tupelo*..................... 2,500 1 6,800 4 Total-small................ 7,600 6 |
