50 years ago this week the Cuyahoga River, which bisects downtown Cleveland as it goes out into Lake Erie CAUGHT FIRE! ... and BURNED a bridge DOWN!! It was the last time, but not the first time, that river had burned.
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That burning river forever "burned" into people's minds an image of Cleveland that has never been lived down and is still is there today.
Cleveland's Population rise and fall over the decades:
1890 ... 10th biggest city in the US (finally makes it onto the top 10 list with 261,000)
1900 ... 7th biggest
1910 ... 6th biggest
1920 ... 5th biggest (796,000)
1930 ... 6th biggest
1940 ... 6th biggest
1950 ... 7th biggest (915,000 - population peak)
1960 ... 8th biggest
1970 ... 10th biggest (750,000)
1980 ... no longer in the top 10
2016 ... 32nd biggest (385,000) SMSA total about 2,100,000 = 25th biggest
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Current 50 largest SMSA's in the US (Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area)
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Last Edited by Midwest Skeptic on 06/22/2019 04:20 PMMidwest Skeptic
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