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tnent, and for having turned out the first locomotive 

 in the West. The great Standard Oil Company, begun 

 in the sixties and later developing into a stock com- 

 pany under its present name, is located here, and its 

 cars, surmounted by the familiar white keg, are seen 

 on almost all the railroads of the country. 



Out from the river's mouth stretch two long piers, 

 two hundred feet apart, which represent the final 

 triumph of the engineer over the tides which have 

 wrought such incessant mischief ever since a certain 

 captain and his crew were delayed in the harbor of 

 Cleveland sixty years ago by a sandbar. There is a 

 lighthouse at the end of each pier, and one high up on 

 the shore which was built by the Government in 1830 

 at a cost of $8,000. 



Now, through this inviting gateway, large lake 

 boats steam into port without hindrance, bringing 

 with them the rich copper and iron ores of Lake 

 Superior, the limestone of the Lake Erie Islands, and 

 the miscellaneous products which they take up along 

 their route. With these valuable cargoes, to which 

 have been attributed much of her prosperity, Cleve- 

 land receives a large amount of coal from the mines 

 of Ohio and Pennsylvania, having access to the latter 

 throuo^h the Ohio Canal, which has been such an im- 

 petus to her growth. 



On the other side of the river are her large Water 

 Works, the incessant pumping of whose engines sup- 

 plies this city of 140,000 inhabitants with water. 

 The Reservoir lies upon the top of a cliff, and is a 

 favorite resort in summer. From its crest a fine view 

 of lake and river can be obtained, and if one were to 

 allow his imagination a little freedom, this would be 



