Interview with Robert Wetherholt, March 23, 2021

Project: Tennessee Valley Authority Retiree Association Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

Robert Wetherholt discusses his career at Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) from Navigation and Economic Development to Industrial Development. Wetherholt discusses his role in locating potential industrial development sites in the Tennessee Valley area for TVA. He talks about some of the clients he worked with. He lists the communities in which TVA planned or completed industrial development sites. He discusses the conflict between TVA and private engineering firms, as well as the issues created during TVA construction projects by the sudden influx of construction workers living in the towns and how TVA handled this situation at Watts Bar, Tennessee.

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2021oh0421_tvara0039

Interviewee Name

Robert Wetherholt

Interviewer Name

Philip Mummert

Interview Date

2021-03-23

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Wetherholt, Robert Interview by Philip Mummert. 23 Mar. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Wetherholt, R. (2021, March 23). Interview by P. Mummert. Tennessee Valley Authority Retiree Association Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Wetherholt, Robert, interview by Philip Mummert. March 23, 2021, Tennessee Valley Authority Retiree Association Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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