The Cuyahoga River Fire
Witness History: Witness Archive 2016
English - June 28, 2016 07:50 - 8 minutes - 4.04 MB - ★★★ - 8 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In June 1969 the heavily polluted Cuyahoga River, in Ohio in the USA, caught fire. It became a national embarrassment and inspired new laws to protect the environment. Hear from one of the local officials who had to try to clean it up.
(Photo: The Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, Ohio)