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The Cuyahoga River [7] (/ ... [10] [25] The largest river fire, in 1952, caused over $1 million in damage [10] to boats, a bridge, and a riverfront office building.
Since the city's industrialization, the Cuyahoga River had become so affected by industrial pollution that it "caught fire" a total of 13 times beginning in 1868. [131] It was the river fire of June 1969 that spurred the city to action under Mayor Carl B. Stokes, and played a key role in the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972 and the ...
In Cleveland, pollution was a demoralizing embarrassment to the citizenry. As described in “Fables of the Cuyahoga: Reconstructing a History of Environmental Protection:” "On June 22, 1969, just before noon, an oil slick and assorted debris under a railroad trestle on the Cuyahoga River caught fire...The fire attracted national media attention, including stories in Time, and National ...
“The Cuyahoga River that infamously caught on fire many times, the last time in 1969 down in Cleveland, that river runs through this park and it's named for that,” said Pamela Barnes, the park ...
In fact, the river caught on fire at least 14 times! The news coverage of the Cuyahoga River fire provided momentum for the American environmental movement. The Cuyahoga River has been extensively ...
It was one of many tributaries that fed the river that was a flooded Portage Path and Merriman roads. With the flood over, the Noisy Oyster was left caked in mud and debris. The wooden floors were ...
The modern American environmental movement concerning legislation and awareness, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Clean Water Act, can largely be traced back to the Cuyahoga River fire of June 22, 1969. [5] [6] One of the leading causes of
[110] [111] This caused the Cuyahoga River to flood and prompted a closure of I-76 near Barberton due to high water. [112] On Long Island, tropical moisture enhanced by Debby resulted in flooding on August 6, with over 4 in (100 mm) of rain falling down.