Source Collection
The University of North Alabama Archives and Special Collections, Collier Library
Description
A plan created by the Muscle Shoals commission for instituting a series of fertilizer production operations in the Tennessee Valley area. In addition to written analysis, the document contains multiple images, illustrations, charts, graphs, and maps of the area to illustrate the reasoning of the plan.
Although the plan was never fully brought to fruition, it represents a crucial piece of agricultural and infrastructural history in the Shoals, Alabama alongside existent history on the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the development of the nitrate plants.
Date Created
10-12-2026
Date
November 1931
Document Type
Book
Recommended Citation
Muscle Shoals Commission and UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1931, "Muscle Shoals: A Plan for the Use of the United States Properties on the Tennessee Power by Private Industry for of "the Manufacture of Fertilizers and Other Useful Products"" (2026). Documents. 3.
https://roar.una.edu/shoals_history_documents/3
Rights
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First Page
1
Last Page
140
Included in
Agribusiness Commons, Decision Science Commons, Natural Resources Law Commons, Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration Commons, Public History Commons, United States History Commons
