Cleveland Heights
Rocks and Waters 2014
Cain Park
Forest Hill Park
Saturday, May 3, 10:00 am
Sponsors
Roy Larick, Korbi Roberts & Jim MillerLed by
Dugway Brook
Walk back in time Look to the Future
Cleveland Heights Historical Society Cleveland Heights Landmark Commission
East Branch walking tour
Join us at Dugway Brook
Cleveland Heights
Rocks and Waters 2014
Cain Park
Forest Hill Park
Saturday, May 3
Dugway BrookEast Branch walking tour
On sidewalks and park paths, follow the stream course from Cain Park northward to Forest Hill Park.
Heights Community Centerparking lot
Monticello Rd. at Mayfield
216-291-4878
Limited to 50 participants Reservations required:
10:00 Introduction to tour 10:20 Carpool to Cain Park
USGS LiDAR; Google Earth
Euclid bluestone terrace
Berea sandstone terrace
shale face
lake plain
Forest Hill
Cain Park
Dugway Brook East Branch is a feature of Cleveland’s East Side Portage Escarpment landscape.
Monticello Blvd Mayfield Rd
Lee Rd
Taylor RdCedar Rd
Forest Hills Blvd
Su
perio
r Rd
From Cain to Forest Hill parks, we walk an area transitional among several bedrock units.
Sout
heas
t
At Dugway Brook, the Portage Escarpment has several hard rock layers. Most important are
Berea SandstoneEuclid bluestone
Berea Sandstone terrace
Euclid bluestone terrace
On top of these rocks, glacial advance created a terraced topography.
In retreat, glacial meltwater cut through the terraces.
Nor
th
On top of these rocks, glacial advance created a terraced topography.
In retreat, glacial meltwater cut through the terraces.
Berea Sandstone terrace
Euclid bluestone terrace
We follow a meltwater channel from the top of the Berea Sandstone through the Euclid bluestone.
Nor
th
See how Dugway denizens have used local rocks and waters for blacksmithing, milling, quarrying, schooling, and the healing of body and soul.
Berea Sandstone terrace
Euclid bluestone terrace
Learn the natural base for the suburban built environment. Broach issues of stream conservation and future development.
Nor
th
In the terrace landscape:
In settling the Heights, sandstone, flowing water and groundwater were important resources.
The Dugway EB landscape generated several early industries, now almost completely forgotten.
Let’s find them in the tour stops ...
Portage Escarpment profile at Dugway East Branch
Berea Sandstone terrace
Euclid bluestone terrace
Stop 1: Cain Park
Nor
th
James Haycox sandstone quarry
Euclid bluestone terrace
Stop 2: Cumberland Rd
Nor
th Young sawmill lotstream restoration
Berea Sandstone terrace
Euclid bluestone terrace
Stop 3: Superior at Euclid Heights
Nor
thE Cle Twp Schoolhouse 9
Fairmount church I
Berea Sandstone terrace
Euclid bluestone terrace
Stop 4: Cumberland Park
Nor
th
Berea cataract waterfall
Post-Haycox water cure
Berea Sandstone terrace
Euclid bluestone terrace
Stop 5: Hampshire Rd
Nor
th
Fairmount church II
Curtiss (Preyer) house
Preyer wine farm
Hellwig Preyer house
Berea Sandstone terrace
Stop 6: Mayfield Rd at Cumberland
Nor
th
Euclid bluestone terrace
plank road
Preyer blacksmith shop
Cleveland & Eastern electric RR
Cle Hts Presbyterian church
Berea Sandstone terrace
Stop 7: Forest Hill
Nor
th
bluestone quarries
Forest Hill Water Cure
bluestone knick point waterfall
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS - Grass not parking meters - will sprout upon the filled-in ravine between Lee Road and Euclid Heights Boulevard near Cain Park.
Council authorized the city manager recently to take bidsfor improvements to the site, which was built in the lastyear by culverting the stream and then burying the pipe with truckloads of dirt.
In 1983, council considered making the site into a parkinglot that would serve play- and concertgoers for Cain Park,but neighborhood opposition caused council to drop the idea.
CITY MANAGER Robert Downey said he will take bids to add topsoil to the graded surface and plant grass. No lighting will be included in the project.
The site has been the focus of contrasting complaints. Ravine neighbors didn't like the congestion a parking lot would create, but Cain Park neighbors don't like the congestion created when park visitors line their streets with cars.
Some people thought it a shame to bury the stream, while others thought the stream both unsanitary and dangerous.
And some people predict the site, which is secluded by a fringe of trees, will become a nuisance that will attract loitering teens.
Former city manager Richard Robinson and his staff had proposed alternative uses for the new space, Downey pointed out.
Asked why lighting was not part of the upcoming bid package, Mayor Alan Rappoport said, "We elected to go this far, and no further. It's a lot safer than it was before."
In the mayor's opinion, a future council may eventually reverse the current decision and put in a parking lot.
"It's so eminently logical that I would be surprised if it did not happen." But he added that original parking proposal did not do enough to "minimize the environmental impact" on nearby residents.
The new space covers the same stream that runs under Cain Park to the southeast, and Cumberland Park and the Recreation Pavilion to the northwest. Officials say the most recent culverting is just an extension of the culverting program which made the other parks possible.
Sun Press, Thursday, Aug. 15, 1985, page C6Filled ravine to become patch of green
by Jean Burkhart
30 years ago, a different way of thinking …
Fill it in, grass it up, put in a parking lot.
Can we do better in the 21st century?
Cleveland Heights
Rocks and Waters 2014
Cain Park
Forest Hill Park
Saturday, May 3
Dugway BrookEast Branch walking tour
On sidewalks and park paths, follow the stream course from Cain Park northward to Forest Hill Park.
Heights Community Centerparking lot
Monticello Rd. at Mayfield
216-291-4878
Limited to 50 participants Reservations required:
10:00 Introduction to tour 10:20 Carpool to Cain Park
