The Port of Cleveland is located on the south shore of Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, within the boundaries of the former Western Reserve, 100 kilometers from Pennsylvania, and is the capital of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Opened in 1796, it historically became a manufacturing center due to the intersection of canals and railroads. After the decline of large industries, it became a center for finance, insurance and health care.
Other ports near Toledo, Ohio, USA:
Cincinnati
Commercial and industrial city on the southwestern tip of Ohio in the central United States, port on the Ohio River. A canal connects it to Lake Erie. Population 370,000 (1984), 1,401,000 (1980) in the greater metropolitan area. In the mid-nineteenth century, due to the construction of canals and railroads, became an important industrial and transportation center. There are a variety of industries, including agricultural machinery, motors, aircraft engines, brewing, meat processing, printing, and chemicals; one of the centers of machine tool manufacturing in the United States. There are a number of schools of higher learning, including the University of Cincinnati (built in 1819).
Akron (Akron)
Located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio, on the banks of the Cuyahoga River, about 63 kilometers south of Lake Erie in the Great Lakes region, with geographic coordinates 41 ° 4 ′ 23 ″ N 81 ° 31 ′ 4 ″ W, the county seat of Summit County in, with a population of about 220,000 people (in 2000). 1825 began to have immigrants settle. 1836 set up villages. 1865 set up cities. A city was established in 1865. The city grew with the construction of the Ohio-Erie Canal and the Pennsylvania-Ohio Canal, and in 1871 a rubber factory was moved to the city, which became the "Rubber Capital of the World" in the early 1920s. In addition, there are plastics, chemical, electrical, and transportation equipment industries. There is a Rubber Research Institute, an Amerindian Art Gallery, and the University of Akron (1913).
Columbus
It is the seat of government of the U.S. state of Ohio, located in the heart of the state, and the state's largest city; it is the fifteenth largest city in the United States.
With a population of 822,553 (2013) and a metropolitan area population of over 1,967,066 (2013), it is the third largest metropolitan area in Ohio, behind Cleveland and Cincinnati.
Dayton
A city in southwestern Ohio, United States. Bordering the Great Miami River, 72 kilometers northeast of Cincinnati. One of the national aviation center, with the University of Dayton, State Wright University, Air Force Institute of Technology and other universities and Wright Air Force Base and aviation museum. Convenient transportation and developed industry. There are industries such as refrigerators, air conditioners, computers, paper, and electronic scales. Founded in 1795 by a group of War of Independence veterans, it was established as a town in 1805 and a city in 1841. The Dayton Accords, which ended the Bosnian Civil War, were signed here, and in addition to being the home of the Wright Brothers, it is also the birthplace of Major League Baseball Hall of Fame star Mike Schmidt.