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Big Falls at the Gorge

Posted in Cuyahoga Falls, Gorge / Glens, Recreation

Big Falls at Gorge

by tconte on July 9, 2019

In the early 1900s, the Northern Ohio Traction & Light Company built a power plant and concrete dam on the Cuyahoga River in present day Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Although the power plant is long gone, the dam remains and its waters continue hide Big Falls.

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1930 On this day in 1930, Akron got its first look at the new Polsky'sDepartment store. The doors were opened for a special preview before it's opening on the 16th.

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