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
Exhaustive. Abuse and misused by man and his machines. Without the cuyahoga, clevelandakron would not exist. The river was a reason for settling the portion of this 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 water supply and as a sewer. Mans mark is everywhere. Is this mark an epethithat for cuyahoga . Joining us is the coauthor of where the river burned. Where are you located and explain what happened 50 years ago this month . Thanks for having me. Were sitting near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. Were sitting where the cuyahoga reaches lake erie. You can see one of the railroad tr trussels that crosses the cuyahoga. Downtown cleveland is to my left. They run up several miles. T