[PRCo] Re: Steeler Stuff In Cleveland

[Ken and Tracie]

Dang, that means no more burning river? That would be a great tourist 
attraction. "Come see our river catch on fire."

K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Brannon" <hrbran at cavtel.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 5:39 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Steeler Stuff In Cleveland


> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Ken and Tracie
> <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>wrote:
>> I've read reports that the poisonous muck is concealed under twenty five 
>> to
>> thirty years of cleaner sediment. Any dredging exposes and stirs up the
>> layers of poisonous sediments and it would kill surrounding marine life.
>>
>> K.
>>
>> Not true. Lake Erie is clean and clear again. Dredging goes on constantly
> inside the sea wall to keep the harbor deep enough for all the ocean going
> ships going in and out. Also the Cuyahoga River is open to ocean going 
> ships
> as far South as Clark Avenue and open to lake freighter ships as far South
> as Harvard Avenue. This requires constant dredging. Enough "bottom 
> material"
> was probably removed in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s to remove the bad stuff. 
> The
> main industry along the river is steel (9 works) and aluminum (three 
> works).
> Arcelor-Mittal runs all 7 of its works at 100% capacity and does not 
> pollute
> as does Charter Steel with its 2 works running three shifts per day. Alcoa
> Aluminum has three works (all running at 100% capacity) along the upper 
> area
> of the Cuyahoga and does not pollute. These factories are monitored by the
> local and Federal governments. So for now at least everything is going 
> good.
> -- 
> Herb Brannon
> On America's North Coast
>
>
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