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15-492: Cuyahoga Valley may refer to: Cuyahoga Valley , a neighborhood in the city of Cleveland, Ohio Cuyahoga Valley National Park , an American national park in Northeast Ohio Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Cuyahoga Valley . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

30-488: A strike from its skilled workers, mostly of British origin, in response to disregard by the company to union demands. The company recruited Polish and Czech immigrants to replace striking workers, and reopened on 5 June. The company eventually gained the sympathy of the city when the striking workers turned violent on 13 June. In June 1885 a larger and more violent strike occurred, this time led by Polish and Czech workers in response to wage cuts. The violent tactics used by

45-518: A rolling mill at Newburgh , incorporated as Chisholm, Jones & Company , to reroll worn rails . In 1858, Andros B. Stone (brother of Amasa Stone ) bought into the firm, which became the Stone, Chisholm & Jones Company , and produced iron rails. The first blast furnace in Cleveland was built by the firm in 1861. In November 1863, an investment from Stone led to the expansion and reorganization of

60-587: Is a neighborhood on the Central and South Side of Cleveland , Ohio , located along the Cuyahoga River . Formerly known as Industrial Valley , the neighborhood was originally limited to only one section of the geographic Cuyahoga River Valley, but the city expanded it in 2012 to include the entire valley area. The present neighborhood includes the Flats and extends from the peninsula of Whiskey Island on Lake Erie in

75-613: The sulfuric acid produced by Grasselli's plant. By 1901, local foundries of the Otis Iron & Steel Company and the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company merged with the newly established US Steel . One of US Steel's subsidiaries, American Steel & Wire, made Cleveland the "wire capital" of the United States. The neighborhood also saw the arrivals of companies such as LTV Steel and Republic Steel . Production peaked in

90-410: The 1950s when Cleveland ranked third nationwide in steelmaking and fourth in processed metal products. Until sea changes in nationwide manufacturing trends of the 1970s and 80s, Cuyahoga Valley remained at the heart of an industrial powerhouse. The recession of the early 80s witnessed LTV, Republic and US Steel all closing, relocating or merging operations, which led to massive unemployment numbers in

105-662: The 20th century) rapidly grew during the Civil War era, as coal from Pennsylvania and iron ore from the Lake Superior region arrived at the centralized location along the river. By the 1870s, local industrial baron John D. Rockefeller of the Standard Oil Company had built his oil refineries in Cuyahoga Valley. The Grasselli Chemical Company (now part of DuPont ) soon followed Rockefeller, whose refineries used much of

120-422: The Cleveland area. Although still a prominent industry in the 21st century, steel plays a much smaller role in the neighborhood than it once did. The Cuyahoga Valley neighborhood also encompasses Cleveland's Flats. Historically home to much of the city's steel industry, today it is a mixed-use portion area. During the mid-1980s, the Flats grew to be an entertainment district. Music venues and clubs appeared on both

135-567: The East Bank and West Bank, though, as evidenced by the decline of the East Bank in the late 90s, the other side of the river proved to be the more commercially viable development. A combination of factors, including compliance issues with city health and fire code and an elevated crime rate, coupled with the rise of the Warehouse District , proved to be the demise of much of the entertainment district. Private developers such as Scott Wolstein and

150-461: The city annexed in 1850 and quickly developed into the heart of one of the nation's leading industrial centers. Several factors, including close proximity to Lake Erie and the eastern bank of the Cuyahoga River being the terminus of the Ohio & Erie Canal , led to the rapid rise of Cuyahoga Valley's manufacturing output. The iron industry (which would eventually grow into the steelmaking industry in

165-472: The company, which then became the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company. In 1868 the company installed a pair of Bessemer converters , and started using them to produce steel. During the 1870s, various types of wire products were produced at the mill. In 1881 the company built Central Furnaces plant, near the Cuyahoga River , for the production of pig iron. In May 1882 the mill was faced with

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180-439: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cuyahoga_Valley&oldid=1031236006 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cuyahoga Valley, Cleveland Cuyahoga Valley

195-399: The north to the borders of the suburbs of Newburgh Heights and Cuyahoga Heights in the south. To the east, it borders Downtown Cleveland and the neighborhoods of Broadway–Slavic Village and Central . To the west, it borders the neighborhoods of Detroit–Shoreway , Ohio City , Tremont , and Brooklyn Centre . Cuyahoga Valley emerged on what was once part of Cleveland Township, which

210-472: The now-defunct Flats Oxbow Association have helped plan and redevelop the Flats through housing developments, which include new construction as well as renovated warehouse spaces, on both sides of the river. 41°29′N 81°40′W  /  41.483°N 81.667°W  / 41.483; -81.667 Cleveland Rolling Mill The company stemmed from developments initiated in 1857, when John and David I. Jones, along with Henry Chisholm , established

225-559: The strikers made the union unable to sustain support by the English-speaking skilled workers, who eventually returned to work in September. To prevent further riots by the unskilled workers, Mayor George Gardner ordered the company's president (William Chisholm, the oldest son of Henry Chisholm) to revert the wage cuts, which ended the strike, although many of the striking workers were denied their jobs back. The company reached its peak in

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