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200 Public Square is a skyscraper in Cleveland, Ohio. The building, located on Public Square in Downtown Cleveland, reaches 45 stories and 658 feet (201 m) with 1.2 million square feet (110,000 m 2) of office space. It is the third-tallest building in Cleveland and fourth-tallest in the state of Ohio.
The petroleum industry in Ohio dates from 1859. Ohio continues to produce significant quantities of oil and gas, having produced more than 1 billion barrels of oil and 9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas since 1860. [1] Unconventional resources, primarily in eastern Ohio, are likely to increase production in Ohio.
Standard Oil refinery in Cleveland, 1899. Ohio was a world leader in oil production in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Ohio oil and natural gas industries employ 14,400 citizens, resulting in $730 million in wages. The industries paid $202 million in royalties to landowners, and $84 million in free energy. [7]
The company, known commonly as Sohio, was founded by John D. Rockefeller. [4] [2] It was established as one of the separate entities created after the 1911 breakup. In the 1960s, the Standard Oil Company partnered with BP, in the development of the Prudhoe Bay, Alaska petroleum reserves and the construction of the Trans Alaska pipeline. The ...
Cleveland Rolling Mill purchased the works of the Cleveland Wire Mill Company in 1868 [120] or 1869. [128] Cleveland Rolling Mill expanded the plant beginning in 1896, adding a rod mill with two small blast furnaces and a continuous rod mill with one small blast furnace. [114] The Aetna Iron and Nail Company, established in June 1867. [129]
Great Lakes Brewing Company of Cleveland named its Burning River Pale Ale after the event. In December 1970 a federal grand jury investigation led by U.S. Attorney Robert Jones began, of water pollution allegedly being caused by about 12 companies in northeastern Ohio; it was the first grand jury investigation of water pollution in the area. [29]
Union Petroleum Company was bought out by Sinclair Oil Corporation, [3] which purchased the original lease and an additional 242 acres of land adjacent to Trainer, Pennsylvania. [4] On March 17, 1925, Sinclair Oil opened its new $7 million state-of-the-art facility with a projected gasoline production of 6,000 gallons per day (approximately ...