The river river, as most think of it, the brown stream that meets lake erie, an industrial waterway if 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 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 Stradlin
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, 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 Cuyaho
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
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 eerie, 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 eerie 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 megalopias of Cleveland Akron would not exist. The river was the reason for originally settling the 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
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, 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 Cuyaho