Cuyahoga River
This 103-mi (166-km) long tributary of Lake Erie is a classic industrial river, with, however, one monumental distinction: it caught fire–twice. The first fire, in 1959, burned...
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The images of oil and debris burning in Cleveland's Cuyahoga River in 1969 still stand as an iconic symbol of modern-day industrial pollution.Subsequent demands for environmental protection led to ...
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A neighbor apparently angry about fireworks at a noisy Fourth of July party shot three people to death early Thursday and wounded two others, police said.Terrance Hough Jr., a 35-year-old off-duty ...
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When Canada and the United States approved the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement in 1972, the running joke in Cleveland was that anyone unlucky enough to fall into the Cuyahoga River would decay ...
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The bright red paddlewheel smacks the Ohio River in a rolling cadence, churning a path through the muddy water. Trailing the riverboat is a solitary blue kayak, riding the waves.
Steering ...
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Cuyahoga River
Ind. refinery dispute illustrates debate
