The River that Burned - Watercolor
by Patricia Januszkiewicz
Title
The River that Burned - Watercolor
Artist
Patricia Januszkiewicz
Medium
Photograph - Photo Art Watercolor
Description
The Cuyahoga River has returned to health!
Cleveland Plain Dealer Article from 2009 ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio ... Even after 40 years, maybe the most surprising thing about the June 22, 1969, Cuyahoga River fire is that it is remembered at all.
The fire -- a brief Sunday afternoon flare-up of oil-soaked debris likely ignited by either molten steel or a spark from a passing rail car -- was doused by local firefighting tugboat crews. The story barely made the newspapers the next day.
But the effect of that two-hour flare-up has lasted four decades.
Today, the river fire stands as an enduring image of progress gone wrong.
But after so many years, it becomes difficult to really understand and feel the rampant water (and air) pollution of the industrial era that led to the Cuyahoga fire.
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November 11th, 2013
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