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Cspan3, American History tv. Narrator there are not many scenes such as this anymore. You really have to look for them. And in the looking, you will discover that our environment is not the endless spring 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 factorie...

And 50 years ago, june 22, 1969, there was a fire on the Cuyahoga River at the end of navigation, a couple of miles south of here, end of navigation meeting boats meaning boats could not go farther upstream. This is where a couple of low Railroad Trestles blocked some debris that was coming downstream, which was not unusual, the piers from the bridge, they got soaked in oil, which was also not unusual, and then there was a spark perhaps from a passing train. We do not know exactly what set off the fire. The trestles burned for half a minute half an hour. They were doused by both a fire boat an...

Many of you are here as guest. Without our sponsors, we could not produce the series. It is because of them that we can do this. , it is the most Popular Series in america as far as politics goes. We have more political activity in this building and in this camp is than any other campus in the united dates. United states. A lot of it is thanks to these great Corporate Partners we have. I also want to mention, we have the Senate President here, donald suzy. [applause] remember, she is in the middle of her budget process with the senator, who is here as well. [applause] their cars will be speedi...

Populated by steel mills and factories, its channel filled with shifts. Ships and tugs. The Cuyahoga River, as it reaches lake erie, 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 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 ...

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 co...