Comments on: 40th Anniversary of the Cuyahoga River Fire http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/23/40th-anniversary-of-the-cuyahoga-river-fire/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:23:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: NeonCat http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/23/40th-anniversary-of-the-cuyahoga-river-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-1790201 NeonCat Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:37:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/23/40th-anniversary-of-the-cuyahoga-river-fire/#comment-1790201 Back in the mid to late 19th century refineries had a waste product known to us as gasoline. They would usually dump it in a river. Granted, it *probably* wasn't all that much gasoline, comparatively, but it would be nice to have it back. More recently oil companies burned natural gas, especially on deep sea rigs, because it was too expensive to bring it ashore. I hope they no longer do that, either. I was visiting Cleveland once and saw a Great Lakes bulk carrier sailing upstream on the Cuyahoga. There are some very tight turns there and it made for an impressive sight. Back in the mid to late 19th century refineries had a waste product known to us as gasoline. They would usually dump it in a river.

Granted, it *probably* wasn’t all that much gasoline, comparatively, but it would be nice to have it back.

More recently oil companies burned natural gas, especially on deep sea rigs, because it was too expensive to bring it ashore. I hope they no longer do that, either.

I was visiting Cleveland once and saw a Great Lakes bulk carrier sailing upstream on the Cuyahoga. There are some very tight turns there and it made for an impressive sight.

]]> By: Steve Marth http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/23/40th-anniversary-of-the-cuyahoga-river-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-1788496 Steve Marth Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:09:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/06/23/40th-anniversary-of-the-cuyahoga-river-fire/#comment-1788496 It also set the stage for one amazing Randy Newman song. It also set the stage for one amazing Randy Newman song.

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