[PRCo] Re: Steeler Stuff In Cleveland

[Herb Brannon]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Ken and Tracie
<ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>wrote:
> 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
>
>
> Now, when I say they "don't pollute", I'm speaking about WATER pollution.
The AIR pollution is a much different story and really needs to be addressed
soon. If any of you miss the former smell of Pittsburgh in the good ole
days, just come to Cleveland. Especially on a day with high humidity you
could close your eyes and think you were standing on Second Avenue at
Glenwood Car House or in Homestead or Braddock. The smell of sulphur,
burning coke and hot metal is pronounced on the near Eastside, South of
Woodland Avenue and the Southside, along Broadway from the mills to East 55.
It's not as bad as it was in the 1960s, 70s but needs to be dealt with.

The Great River Fire of 1968 is probably the most remembered. I do have
books with photos of the Cuyahoga burning in the late 1890s, sometime in the
1920s, again in 1948 and in 1950. The 1950 river fire burned down a traffic
bridge. Fortunately it no longer burns.
-- 
Herb Brannon
On America's North Coast