The museum freighter William G. Mather was built in which year?
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Answer: 1925
Built in 1925 at River Rouge, Michigan, by the Great Lakes Engineering Works.
Source: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: Steamship William G. Mather Museum
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Ships, lights and water
Freighters, a submarine, lighthouses, wrecks and the crib that brings the city its water.
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How do visitors get inside USS Cod?
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Answer: Through its original hatches and ladders
Unlike other museum submarines of its war, Cod's pressure hull was never cut open for visitors.
Source: Wikipedia: USS Cod
Cleveland's "5-Mile Crib" intake went into service in which year?
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Answer: 1904
Work began in 1896; the crib and its 9-foot brick tunnel went into service in 1904 and still supply the Baldwin plant.
Source: Cleveland Water: History of the Baldwin Water Treatment Plant
In 1936 the Cuyahoga's channel was widened and deepened so that freighters of about what length could use it safely?
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Answer: 600 feet
The 1936 work made the winding river safe for 600-foot freighters.
How did the submarine USS Cod get to Cleveland in 1959?
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Answer: Towed through the St. Lawrence Seaway
It was towed through the newly opened St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959 to serve as a reserve training ship.
Source: Wikipedia: USS Cod
Where is the William G. Mather moored as a museum ship?
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Answer: Beside the Great Lakes Science Center
It is at Dock 32, just north of the Great Lakes Science Center at North Coast Harbor.
Source: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: Steamship William G. Mather Museum
The William G. Mather was once the flagship of which fleet?
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Answer: The Cleveland-Cliffs fleet
It carried ore, coal, stone and grain for the Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Co., which donated it in 1987.
Source: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: Steamship William G. Mather Museum
Which lighthouse is described as the oldest in continuous operation on the Great Lakes?
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Answer: Marblehead Lighthouse
Marblehead Lighthouse, on the peninsula near Sandusky Bay, has guided ships since 1822.
The steamer G. P. Griffith burned off the shore east of Cleveland in June 1850. What was it, up to that time?
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Answer: The greatest loss of life on the Great Lakes
Estimates of the dead run from about 240 to nearly 290, many of them immigrants. It ran aground about half a mile from shore.
Source: Wikipedia: SS G. P. Griffith
Which World War II submarine is a museum on Cleveland's lakefront?
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Answer: USS Cod
USS Cod, a Gato-class submarine, has been a museum in Cleveland since the 1970s and is a National Historic Landmark.
Source: Wikipedia: USS Cod
Cleveland's drinking water comes in through a "crib". What is a crib?
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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
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.
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