Location
The City of Cleveland is located where the
Cuyahoga River
meets the south shore of Lake Erie.
Greater Cleveland extends 100 miles along the shore,
and includes about 40 miles inland.
Major Industries
Northeast Ohio is a leader in metalworking,
plastic products and chemicals, motor
vehicles and
equipment, insurance, biomedical, and
instruments and controls.
Cleveland is home to many corporations....
some of the oldest companies are.
TRW
Pioneer Standard
Ferro Corp
Keithley Instruments
Sherman Williams
Bearings Inc.
General Electric Co.
Eaton Corp.
Standard oil
Austin Powder
Hanna Mining Company
Fun Facts
Cleveland once had the tallest building
in the United States
West of New York in the Terminal Tower--52
stories! (Built in
1929)
A pair of Glendale High School students
(Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster)
while still students
developed the super
hero "Superman" in the 1930's!
Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked
Witch of the West in the
Wizard of Oz movie, was from Cleveland.
Her sister
Dorothy was married to the son of Cleveland
inventor Charles Brush,
who created electric traffic light.
General George A. Custer; John D. Rockefeller--Oil
industrialist; Eliot Ness--FBI agent;
Bob Hope--Radio, Movie
and TV Star; Drew Carey--Stand-up Comic
and TV Star.
Weather
Cleveland has four distinct seasons.
The summers are mild with plenty
of sunny days. Out of towners come
to Cleveland in the fall just to
see the spectacular red, orange and gold
leaves on the trees.
Winters are gloomy cold, icy & snowy.
Springs are rainy
and offically arrive when the buzzards
return to Hickley, Ohio.
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