Lake Five archive · No. 11
Five questions about Lake Erie and Cleveland’s waterfront. Tap an answer; the explanation and source open underneath.
Answer: An offshore water-intake structure
A crib is the intake out in the lake. Water enters there and runs to shore through a tunnel under the lakebed.
Source: Cleveland Water: History of the Baldwin Water Treatment Plant
Answer: Connecticut
Born in Canterbury, Connecticut, he went back there in October 1796 and never returned to the Western Reserve.
Answer: The Detroit River
The Detroit River, carrying water down from the upper Great Lakes, is Lake Erie's main inflow.
Source: Wikipedia: Lake Erie
Answer: The Welland Canal
The Welland Canal in Ontario, Canada, lifts and lowers ships around Niagara Falls with a series of locks.
Source: Wikipedia: Welland Canal
Answer: 1796
He arrived on July 22, 1796, and his surveyors laid out a town they named Cleaveland.
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