The library and producer dennis golden. Narrator the Cuyahoga River, as most think of it, the brown stream that meets lake erie, an industrial waterway, its banks populated by steel mills and factories, its channels filled with ships and tugs. The Cuyahoga River, as it reaches lake erie, after a 100mile twisting and turning journey from its head waters is an exhausted stream, abused and misused by man and his machines. Without the cuyahoga, the sprawling megalopolis of clevelandakron would not exist. The river was the reason for originally settling this portion of the western reserve in the 1780s. The river, called crooked, by the delaware indians provided a waterway to the interior of ohio and so man came and continued coming. Until today, nearly two Million People live and work in the river basin. In creating this urban complex, man has used the river as men have always used rivers. The flow has been put to work as a navigable stream, a water supply and as a sewer. Mans mark is every
That every day, because of what we do, the Crooked River dies. The Cuyahoga River, as most think of it, the brown stream that meets lake erie, an industrial waterway, its banks populated by steel mills and factories, its channel filled with ships and tugs. The Cuyahoga River, as it reaches lake erie, after a 100mile twisting and turning journey from its headwaters, is an exhausted stream, abused and misused by man and his machines. Without the cuyahoga, the sprawling megalopolis of clevelandakron would not exist. The river was the reason for originally settling this portion of the western reserve in the 1780s. The river, called crooked by the delaware indians, provided a waterway to the interior of ohio, and so man came and continued coming. Until today, nearly two Million People live and work in the river basin. In creating this urban complex, man has used the river as men have always used rivers. The flow has been put to work as a navigable stream, a water supply and as a sewer. Mans
The library and producer dennis gould. The Cuyahoga River as most think of it, the brown stream that meets lake erie an industrial waterway, its banks populated by steel mills and factories, its channel filled with shifts. The Cuyahoga River, as it reaches lake erie, after a 100mile twisting under turning journey from its head waters is an exhausted stream, used and misused by man and his machines. Without the cuyahoga, the sprawling meg lop lis of cleveland, akron, would not exist. The river was the reason for originally settling this portion of reserve in 17 80s. The river called crooked by the indians provided a waterway to the interior of ohio so man came and continued coming. Until today nearly two Million People live and work in the river basin. In creating this urban complex man has used the river as men have always used rivers. The flow has been put to work as a navigable stream, a water supply and as a sewer. Mans mark is everywhere. Is this mark an epitaph for the Cuyahoga Ri
That every day, because of what do, the Crooked River dies. The Cuyahoga River, as most think of it, the brown stream meets lake erie, an industrial waterway, its banks mills andby steel factories, its channel filled and barges. The Cuyahoga River, as it after alake erie, 100mile twisting and turning its headwaters, is an exhausted stream, abused and and his machines. Without the cuyahoga, the sprawling megalopolis of cleveland, akron, would not exist. The river was the reason for originally settling this portion of the western reserve in 1780s. The river called crooked by the delaware indians provided a waterway to the interior of ohio so man came and continued coming. Until today, nearly two Million People live and work in the river basin. In creating this urban complex, man has used the river as men have always used rivers. The flow has been put to work as a navigable stream, a water supply and as a sewer. Mans mark is everywhere. Is this mark an epitaph for the cuyahoga . Changesve
Without the cuyahoga, cleveland and akron would not exist. The river was the reason for originally settling this portion of the western reserve in the 1780s. The river called crooked by the delaware indians provided a waterway to the interior of ohio. And so man came and continued coming. Until today, nearly two Million People live and work in the river basin. In creating this urban complex, man has used the river as men have always used rivers. The flow has been put to work as a navigable stream, a water supply, and as a sewer. Mans mark is everywhere. Is this mark an epitaph or the cuyahoga . Host joining us from the cleveland area is David Stradling. He is a professor of history at the university of cincinnati and the coauthor of where the river burned carl stokes and the struggle to save cleveland let me begin, though, by asking physically where are you located and explain what happened 50 years ago this month. David hi, thanks for having me. We are sitting near the mouth of the Cu