[PRCo] Re: Steeler Stuff In Cleveland

[Schneider Fred]

You're as nasty as I am.   Love it.

Hey, they didn't paint the street cars tan (or was it orange) and  
cream in Cleveland for lack of reason.   It was called camouflage.   
They could hide them under all the mill dust.

Your turn, Ken.

On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:43 PM, Ken and Tracie 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
>
>
>> 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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