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
Cleveland and what we found was 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 twistingandturning journey from its head waters, is an exhausted stream. Abused and misused by man and his machines. Without the cuyahoga, the sprawling megalopias 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 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 navigable stream, a water su
This type of seed, we went to the closest waterway we knew in the area. What we found was, everything because of what we do the crooked river, is dying. The Cuyahoga River, as most think of it, the brown stream that meets lake erie, and industrial waterway that beings populated by factories, its channel is filled with ships and garbage. As it reaches lake erie after 100 mile twisting and turning journey, and in an exhausting scream, abused and misused by man and his machine. The cuyahoga is a metropolis for the cleveland, it was originally there for the western reserve in the 1780s. The river is called crooked by the indians provided the waterway to the interior of ohio. So, man came, and continued coming. And today, more than 2 Million People live and work in the river basin. Including the urban complex, man has used the river as many have always used water. The flow has been put to the work as a stream, a supply, and is a sewer. Mans mark is everywhere. Is is mark everlasting for the
There are not many scenes such as this any more. You really have to look for them. In the looking, you will discover that our environment is not the endless thing our forefathers thought it was. Five years ago, montage sought out this kind of scene. We went to the closest major waterway we knew in the area of cleveland. And what we found was 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 100 mile twisting and turning journey from head waters is an exhausting stream. Abused, misused by man and his machines. Without the cuyahoga, the sprawling area of cleveland, g akron would not exist. The river was the reason of settling here in the 1780s. The river called quicken by the delaware indians provided a waterway to the interior of ohio a
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