With ships and tugs. The Cuyahoga River as it reaches lake erie after a 100 mile journey from its headwaters is an exhaustive stream, abused and misused by man and his machines. 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 . 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,
Abused and misused by man 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 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 2 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 navigatable stream, a water supply and as a suewer. Mans mark is everywhere. Is this mark an epitaph for the cuyahoga. With us is the professor of history with the university of cincinnati and the coauthor of where the river burned. Physically, where are you located and explain what happens 50 years ago this month. Hi, steve, thanks for having me. We are sitting at the near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, the can cuyahoga reaches lake erie. But
So, weve bought the food, hopefully, but how much is left on shop shelves . About 260,000 tonnes end up in the bin every year. Ill be looking at how we can reduce that. And in sport, tottenham say their initial findings into the alleged racist abuse of Antonio Rudiger are inconclusive, but a chelsea fan has been arrested for allegedly abusing son heung min. Good morning. It is Christmas Eve and we are going to bejoined by the singers all morning. We have rain that were clear. Heavy thundery showers and windy across the south with some sunshine in the forecast. I will tell you where in about 15 minutes. A very good morning to you. Its tuesday, december the 24th. Our top story the queen will use her Christmas Day message to say that 2019 has been quite bumpy. It comes after a year of intense political debate over brexit, as well as a number of personal events affecting the royal family. Heres our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. It has been a year which at times may have felt quite
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