Burn on, big river; in 1969 this city's Cuyahoga River actually caught fire
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Cuyahoga River - Wikipedia  The Cuyahoga River is a river in the United States, located in Northeast Ohio, that feeds into Lake Erie. The river is famous for having been so polluted that it "caught fire" in 1969. ... City pump station discharges sewage into Cuyahoga River (1973) ... The largest river fire in 1952 caused over $1 million in damage to boats,...
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Cuyahoga River Fire - Ohio History Central  Cleveland, OH was once known as a major industrial center within the United States. ... as represented by the multitude of times it has caught fire, a recorded number of ... Since the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer ... There is a projection that over the next thirty years the city of Cleveland will...
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The Burning River That Sparked a Revolution | TIME  Jun 22, 2015 ... June 22, 1969: The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, drawing national ... Apparently Ina Garten Really Didn't Want to Be the Barefoot Contessa .... fill the Missouri River with animal grease balls as big as oranges. ... per the Post, it did force cities to clean up their act, and their water, in other ways.
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Burn On, Big RiverCuyahoga River Fires | The Pop History Dig  May 12, 2014 ... In June 1969, the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio caught fire, a river long polluted ... Cleveland, city of light, you're calling me ... Burn On was the name of the song, which Newman released with his 1972 hit .... 13th time in its history, depending on how many fires were actually counted and/or reported.
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Cuyahoga River Fire | Cleveland Historical  The story of the Cuyahoga River fire of 1969 - the event that sparked pop songs, ... on the Cuyahoga River - polluted from decades of industrial waste - caught fire on a ... Stokes, who was the first black mayor of a major city when elected in 1967, ... made Cleveland rich and caused its river to burn may never be coming back,...
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Jeopary Questions page 1494 - AZTEC GODS - TriviaBistro.com  COLUMBUS, OHIO: On October 12, 1992 Columbus plans to have a replica of this flagship sitting in its Scioto River  FASHION: This word for a tight-fitting...
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Cuyahoga River caught on fire - Time  Jun 22, 2015 ... June 22, 1969: The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, drawing national attention and helping the passage of the Clean Water Act...
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jeopardy/1479_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  FIRE WHEN READY | This 1969 Vonnegut work takes place in part during the firebombing of Dresden .... U.S. CITY HISTORY | Once known as Lake's Crossing, it's the place where many folks have crossed from marriage to divorce | Reno.
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Background Article: The Johnstown Flood of 1889 - Johnstown ...  At approximately 3:00 pm on May 31, 1889, the South Fork Dam gave way, ... Flooding happened fairly often in southwestern Pennsylvania, so most people didn't ... It swept whole towns away as it made its way to the city of Johnstown. ... Though 80 lives were lost in the 1977 flood, it was far less than it would have been if...
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The Peshtigo Fire  Green Bay, WI ... On October 8, 1871, the most devastating forest fire in American history swept through northeast Wisconsin ... The anniversary of the Peshtigo Fire usually receives little note outside the region because another horrific fire the same night -- the great Chicago Fire ... "And, Chicago was and still is a bigger city.
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J! Archive - Show #5129, aired 2006-12-21  Dec 21, 2006 ... This 1969 Vonnegut work takes place in part during the firebombing of ... The Macy's parade did not take place for three years during this...
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Three Rivers Run Through It - Popular Pittsburgh  Feb 11, 2015 ... In Pittsburgh, we owe the existence of our own city to its three rivers: The ... Meadowcroft is situated on a tributary of the Ohio River and is the...
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Oct. 8, 1871: The day America burned | MNN - Mother Nature Network  Jul 15, 2013 ... No one knows the exact moment that any of the fires began, or the causes ... fire and more than 17,000 buildings were destroyed, including Chicago town hall. ... So what caused all of these fires and the massive loss of lives,...
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The Ohio River: Long Water From Point to Point - Trailering - BoatUS ...  Jefferson described that third river, the Ohio, as "the most beautiful river on ... We begin at the river's end, in Cairo, Illinois, following its flow 981 miles back to Pittsburgh. ... This is the point in the Ohio River story where boats had a lot of problems ... earth," where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers meet to form the Ohio.
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An Unnecessary Tragedy: The Johnstown Flood - 'Our National ...  May 1, 2014 ... The Johnstown Flood disaster of May 31, 1889, was the most horrific dam failure in ... Credit: Johnstown Flood Museum. ... In a river valley on the Appalachian Plateau of western Pennsylvania, the South Fork Dam was built ... mile away, and completely destroyed four square miles of downtown Johnstown.
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Cuyahoga River - Wikipedia  The Cuyahoga River is a river in the United States, located in Northeast Ohio, that feeds into Lake Erie. The river is famous for having been so polluted that it "caught fire" in 1969. ... The reach from Akron to Cleveland was devoid of fish. ... current mouth is man-made, and it lies just west of present-day downtown Cleveland,...
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The Fires: How a Computer Formula, Big Ideas, and the Best of ...  Editorial Reviews. Amazon.com Review. Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2010: As ... In 1968, New York City struck a deal with the RAND Corporation to use their .... of the New York fire department, and especially the career of one of its most ... of the epidemic of fires that swept through New York City in the 1970s.
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The Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871  On the evening of October 8, 1871 the worst recorded forest fire in North American ... through Northeastern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, destroying millions of ... city of Chicago also happened to endure a terrible fire that same fateful night,...
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The British Burn Washington, D.C., 200 Years Ago - History in the ...  Aug 22, 2014 ... As the War of 1812 neared its conclusion, British forces torched the ... defending Washington, D.C. They then set much of the city ablaze, .... Seeking revenge for the sacking of York (present-day Toronto), the ... American buffer state between the United States and Canada, and ... HISTORY Store  buy now...
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National Fire Prevention Week October 9-16, 2016  Security Force ...  Fire Prevention Week was established to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire ... on October 8, but continued into and did most of its damage on October 9, 1871. ... O'Leary  kicked over a lamp, setting first the barn, then the whole city on fire. ... as the International Fire Marshals Association), decided that the anniversary of...
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  May 21, 2011 ... An 1867 flood in this state allowed a steamboat to travel down Chattanooga's Main Street. Reply . Report Abuse Judge it! Alex Trebek.