What is the tower of Cleveland's West Pierhead lighthouse made of?
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Answer: Cast iron
The light at the harbor entrance is a cast-iron tower about 67 feet tall, built in the early 1910s.
Lake Five archive · No. 18
Friday, October 30
Five questions about Lake Erie and Cleveland’s waterfront. Tap an answer; the explanation and source open underneath.
The Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve opened to the public in which year?
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Answer: 2012
The Port of Cleveland, the Garden Club of Cleveland and local partners opened it to visitors in 2012.
Source: Port of Cleveland: Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve
About how many visitors came to the Great Lakes Exposition over its two summers?
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Answer: About 7 million
About 7 million people visited its 135 lakefront acres in 1936 and 1937.
Source: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: Great Lakes Exposition
In which year did the famous Cuyahoga River fire happen?
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Answer: 1969
An oil slick under two railroad bridges caught fire around noon on June 22, 1969.
Source: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: Cuyahoga River Fire
Put-in-Bay, home of Perry's Victory memorial, is on which island?
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Answer: South Bass Island
The village of Put-in-Bay and the memorial are on South Bass Island.
Source: National Park Service: Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial
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