code,916004
Speaker,Doug Kusak
Date,8/2/12
Interviewer,Gabriela Halligan-Taylor
Abstract,"Doug Kusak is a history interpreter at the Metroparks. Kusak discusses the Ohio Erie Canal Reservation, including his knowledge of the history of the Ohio and Erie Canal in relation to that of the area. Kusak concludes with a focus on the Washington Reservation."
Tags,"Cleveland Metroparks, Parks, Environment"
Special Notes,
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0,Introductions.  
1,Doug Kusak's association with the Metroparks and how he started.  
2,Cultural History Interpreter job description.  Urban Exploration tours.  
3,The types of audiences that go on tours.  
4,Applying the history tours different types of audiences.  
5,The different types of tours available.  
6,Points of interest in the Ohio Erie Canal.  The trails in the reservation.  
7,Points of interest (cont'd).  Remnants of industry in the park.  
8,Petroleum that went through the park.  
9,The combination of industry and nature in the reservation.  
10,Setting aside green space in the city of Cleveland.  
11,The reservation when industry leaves the area.  How it differs from other reservations.  
12,Reclaiming the land for nature.  
13,The gateways in the Ohio Erie Canal reservation.  
14,gateways (cont'd).  
15,Trailheads and all purpose trails.  
16,Parking near the gateways. 
17,Parking (cont'd). Total miles of the towpath.  
18,National Heritage Corridor.  
19,Maintaining the towpath trail.  
20,The towpath trail in different park districts.  
21,When the Metroparks took control or leased the land.  
22,American Steel and Wire donating land.  
23,The other companies that donated or leased land to the metroparks.  
24,Uses of the canal after transportation.  
25,Uses of the canal (cont'd).  
26,Metroparks standpoint for conserving the land.  
27,Green space within the city of Cleveland.  
28,What the Ohio and Erie Canal is.  
29,Connecticut Western Reserve.  
30,Connecticut Land Company and surveying the land.  Selling the land in the late 1700s. 
31,Transporting products from Ohio back East.  
32,Canals making transportation easier.  Dates of the Canals opening. Dimensions of the canal.  
33,Minimum dimensions of the canals and the canal locks.  
34,Canal dimensions (cont'd).  Canal locks.  
35,Akron and Summit county.  Elevation problems.  
36,Canal locks at elevation changes.  
37,How canal locks work.  
38,How locks work (cont'd). 
39,The canal locks in the area.  
40,Historical interpretation of the locks.  
41,The numbering of the locks.  When the locks were no longer in use.  
42,How the canal became less useful in the 1800s.  
43,Railroads taking over old canal beds.  
44,Removing some of the locks in the canal.  
45,Landfill use and covering the locks.  
46,How the canal effected industry.  
47,The canal's effect on industry (cont'd).  
48,Mills along the canal.  
49,Stores along the canal.  
50,Towns building up around the canal.  
51,Canals providing access to water.  
52,Railroads near the canals.  
53,Is the canal responsible for the industrial development of the area?
54,Railroads along waterways.  
55,Railroads along the Cleveland shoreline.  
56,How the metroparks took control over the Washington Reservation.  
57,Uses of the Washington Reservation over the years.  
58,Landfill use of the reservation. 
59,Early structures in the reservation.  
60,Large parts of the reservation being neglected.  
61,Changes in use of the land.  First Tee Inc.  
62,First Tee Inc. (cont'd).  
63,Metroparks and First Tee Inc. working together.  
64,Leasing the land to the Metroparks.  
65,The school district leasing the land to the Metroparks.  
66,An celebration of infrastructure within the park.  
67,Cart tours throughout the summer.  Tours by request.  
68,Horticulture center.  
69,Horticulture center (cont'd).