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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 10, 2018) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District invites the public for a free tour of Cordell Hull Dam Hydropower Plant in Carthage, Tenn. Free tours for the general public are Saturday, May 19; and Saturday, June 9. Tours of the facility are limited to 45 persons and each tour begins at 9 a.m. Central Time. Pre-registration is required for all tour guests, including minors. The deadline to register is seven business days prior to scheduled tour. Personal information collected during sign-up is used for security background checks.
Sign up at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080948a4a92eaafa7-cordell.
NOTE: You must provide full name, address, phone number, driver’s license, state of issue, for every person 18 and over signed up for the tour. If it is not provided that person will not be allowed to participate in the tour upon arrival. When signing up, each individual must have a different e-mail address or the website will not accept additional signups for additional family members.
Directions
Cordell Hull Lake Powerhouse, 150 Corps Lane, Carthage, Tennessee 37030
From Carthage, Tenn., take TN-263 North for 1.1 miles. Turn right onto Corps Lane, then travel 1.5 miles. Park in the parking lot located on your right.
Background
Cordell Hull Lake is named after one of America’s outstanding statesmen, Cordell Hull. Cordell Hull was born in a log cabin in the foothills of the Cumberland Mountains.
Hull served in the Tennessee and U.S. House of Representatives and in the U.S. Senate. He served as Secretary of State under President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1944 and negotiated the “Good Neighbor” policy toward Latin America. He was largely responsible for the creation of the United Nations. For his efforts towards promoting world peace and harmony, he was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 1945.
In recognition of his contributions to the people of the United States and the world, the Congress of the United States named this lake in honor of one of Tennessee’s finest.
Cordell Hull Lake is located at the base of the Highland Rim on the Cumberland River in Smith, Jackson, and Clay counties of middle Tennessee. The dam is located at river mile 313.5, about five miles upstream of the city of Carthage, Tenn. The project is one of the multipurpose projects in the Corps’ of Engineers’ coordinated plan for development of the water resources of the Cumberland River Basin.
Cordell Hull Lake was authorized by Congress through the River and Harbor Act of 1946. Construction of the project, designed and supervised by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, began in May 1963 and was completed for full beneficial use in November 1973.
The project is operated for the primary purposes of navigation, hydropower generation, and recreation. It provided an adequate river channel depth and modern lock facilities for through river traffic from above Nashville to the head of navigation near Celina, Tennessee. The power plant produces clean, safe, and efficient hydroelectric power. The lake provides an abundance of recreational opportunities.
The dam impounds the Cumberland River creating 67 river miles to the backwater of Celina, Tenn., while providing 381 miles of shoreline, and drains an area of 1,372 square miles.
Privacy Act Statement
Information is solicited in accordance with Title 10, U.S. Code Section 552, and is used to provide information necessary in preparation for a scheduled tour of the facility and to verify positive identification of visitors. Solicited information is voluntary; however, failure to provide information may result in denied visitor access. The information provided to the Corps of Engineers will not be retained digitally or by hard copy after the scheduled tour date.
(The public can obtain news, updates and information from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District on the district’s website at www.lrn.usace.army.mil, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/nashvillecorps and on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/nashvillecorps. The public can also follow Cordell Hull Lake on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/cordellhulllake.)
| Date Taken: | 04.10.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 04.10.2018 11:56 |
| Story ID: | 272462 |
| Location: | NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, US |
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