Cordell Hull Lake is a lake in the Cumberland River in north-central Tennessee, about forty miles east of Nashville, in the vicinity of Carthage. It covers approximately . Cordell Hull Dam, on the Cumberland River, was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers 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. 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