Cordell Hull Lake is a
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
in the
Cumberland River in north-central
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
, about forty miles east of
Nashville, in the vicinity of
Carthage
Carthage was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the cla ...
. It covers approximately .
Cordell Hull Dam, on the Cumberland River, was built by the
between May 1963 and November 1973 for navigation, hydroelectric power generation and recreation. The dam is a concrete and earthen gravity structure, 87 feet high (above streambed), with a generator capacity of 100 megawatts.
It impounds at normal maximum pool, with a maximum flood storage of .
Both are named for
Cordell Hull, former
United States Secretary of State
The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...
.
References
External links
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers web site*
Cordell Hull Birthplace and Museum State Park
Protected areas of Clay County, Tennessee
Protected areas of Jackson County, Tennessee
Reservoirs in Tennessee
Dams in Tennessee
United States Army Corps of Engineers dams
Protected areas of Smith County, Tennessee
Bodies of water of Clay County, Tennessee
Bodies of water of Jackson County, Tennessee
Bodies of water of Smith County, Tennessee
Dams completed in 1973
1973 establishments in Tennessee
Cumberland River
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