Cuyahoga River
“The Return of the Cuyahoga River”
“The Return of the Cuyahoga River”
The Cuyahoga River was the heart of the land and the quality of the river was a direct reflection of how people viewed the quality of their life. The river is 100 miles long and it’s a place where tycoons and legends were made but the wild river was tamed but then poisoned and the environment was destroyed. Oil, debris and pollution accumulated on top of the water. People eventually woke up to the danger and tried to save the river and the world. They hoped that they could bring the river back because the water of the river sustains life and they could not change the community until they started with the Cuyahoga River. Cleveland was a struggling settlement on the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. The mouth was very slow flowing and it actually retarded the city, making it full of swamps and malarial mosquitoes. The people tried to rearrange nature and moved the mouth a half of a mile in order to make more room for ship and barges at the same time that new canals connected Lake Erie to the Ohio River. This changed a lot in Cleveland. It became a bustling city for trading and for fortunes to be made. Cleveland became the silicon valley of the industrial era. Companies were founded here to make many products. By 1920, the value of goods produced in Cleveland valued 20 million dollars. The industrial explosion that took place in this city was a landmark in cities like Buffalo and Chicago and many other cities. The Cuyahoga River was crooked and narrow and over time, people remodeled the river again and created bridges and dams that held back its flow. Modern success brought growing pains like pollution. Chemicals were left in bags and on docks and ended up in the river. By 1950, industries along the river developed a multitude of products and at the same time that multitude of products needed to be thrown away. John D. Rockefeller was the architect of the oil business and many companies
“The Return of the Cuyahoga River”
The Cuyahoga River was the heart of the land and the quality of the river was a direct reflection of how people viewed the quality of their life. The river is 100 miles long and it’s a place where tycoons and legends were made but the wild river was tamed but then poisoned and the environment was destroyed. Oil, debris and pollution accumulated on top of the water. People eventually woke up to the danger and tried to save the river and the world. They hoped that they could bring the river back because the water of the river sustains life and they could not change the community until they started with the Cuyahoga River. Cleveland was a struggling settlement on the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. The mouth was very slow flowing and it actually retarded the city, making it full of swamps and malarial mosquitoes. The people tried to rearrange nature and moved the mouth a half of a mile in order to make more room for ship and barges at the same time that new canals connected Lake Erie to the Ohio River. This changed a lot in Cleveland. It became a bustling city for trading and for fortunes to be made. Cleveland became the silicon valley of the industrial era. Companies were founded here to make many products. By 1920, the value of goods produced in Cleveland valued 20 million dollars. The industrial explosion that took place in this city was a landmark in cities like Buffalo and Chicago and many other cities. The Cuyahoga River was crooked and narrow and over time, people remodeled the river again and created bridges and dams that held back its flow. Modern success brought growing pains like pollution. Chemicals were left in bags and on docks and ended up in the river. By 1950, industries along the river developed a multitude of products and at the same time that multitude of products needed to be thrown away. John D. Rockefeller was the architect of the oil business and many companies