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A city pump station discharges sewage into Cuyahoga River in 1973. The Cuyahoga River, at times during the 20th century, was one of the most polluted rivers in the United States. The reach from Akron to Cleveland was devoid of fish. A 1968 Kent State University symposium described one section of the river:
Bird's-eye view map of Cleveland in 1877. The city of Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by General Moses Cleaveland of the Connecticut Land Company on July 22, 1796. Its central location on the southern shore of Lake Erie and the mouth of the Cuyahoga River allowed it to become a major center for Great Lakes trade in northern Ohio in the early 19th century.
Kent is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the largest city in Portage County.It is located along the Cuyahoga River in Northeast Ohio on the western edge of the county. The population was 28,215 at the 2020 Census. [3]
Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve in modern-day Northeast Ohio by General Moses Cleaveland, after whom the city was named. The city's location on the river and the lake shore allowed it to grow into a major commercial and industrial metropolis by the late 19th century ...
The arch dam on the Cuyahoga River downtown just after completion of the Heritage Park project in 2005. In 2003, the old arch dam was bypassed to meet water quality standards set by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. To preserve the historic dam, a small park was built behind the dam and the river was rerouted through the old canal lock.
Cleveland was established one year later by General Moses Cleaveland near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. [9] Cuyahoga County was created on June 7, 1807, and organized on May 1, 1810. [10] [11] Cleveland (then known as "Cleaveland") was selected as the county seat in 1809. [12]
It is located immediately west of the Cuyahoga River. ... The City of Ohio became an independent municipality on March 3, 1836, splitting from Brooklyn Township. The ...
General Cleaveland coasted along the shore with a surveying party and landed at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River on July 22, 1796. He ascended the bank and determined that the spot was a favorable site for a city, with the river on the west and Lake Erie on the north.