{"id":16762,"count":1,"description":"Tapoco, originally Tallassee Power Company, is a generator and supplier of electric power. Tapoco is a division of APGI (Alcoa Power Generating Inc.) which in turn is owned by ALCOA Inc. The Tapoco Project serves to generate and supply hydroelectric power to ALCOA\u2019s Tennessee Operations, an aluminum smelting and rolling mill in Alcoa, Tennessee. The Tennessee Operations complex has had a presence in the Great Smoky Mountains' foothills for more than 75 years. The aluminum smelter, which uses large amounts of electric power, first began operation in 1913. The North Plant fabricating facility opened in 1942 to help meet the aluminum needs for World War II. Today, the Tennessee complex is one of the most modern aluminum manufacturing facilities in the world.\nTapoco owns and operates the Tapoco Project, four separate hydroelectric complexes located along the Little Tennessee River and the Cheoah River in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. The Tapoco Project comprises four...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/tapoco\/","name":"Tapoco","slug":"tapoco","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/16762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=16762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}