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• Cleveland was originally named for Moses Cleaveland, who surveyed the city in 1796 and laid the grid for Cleveland's Public Square. Tradition holds that the Cleveland Advertiser changed the spelling in the 1830s when it couldn't fit the extra A in its headline. 
• Cleveland was the first city in the US to use electric lights in 1879 and the first to install an electric traffic light in 1914 (at Euclid Avenue and E. 105th St). 
• It was also home to earliest manufacturers of gasoline, electric and steam automobiles in the US, outpacing Detroit as the center of the automobile industry until 1910. 
• Cleveland's earliest sports losing streak was in 1899, when the Spiders baseball team ended the season with 30 wins and 134 losses. 
• At the turn of the 20th century, Cleveland was home to John D. Rockefeller and a host of other wealthy industrialists. Euclid Avenue was known as "Millionaires' Row" for its concentration of mansions and lavish gardens. 
• The Cleveland Terminal Tower, competed in 1927, was the tallest building outside of New York City until 1967. 
• The term "Rock and Roll" was first applied to music by Cleveland DJ Alan Freed in 1951. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame now calls Cleveland home. 
• Cleveland's Cuyahoga River caught fire in 1969, and not for the first time. Cleveland's industries had been pouring untreated waste into the water for decades. The 1969 Cuyahoga River fire spurred passage of the 1972 Clean Water Act. 
• The cult classic movie A Christmas Story was filmed in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood. Fans can visit or stay the night at A Christmas Story House & Museum
• Cleveland is the birthplace of many famous industrial brands, including US Steel, Standard Oil, Sherwin-Williams, Life Savers, Chef Boyardee, 

Cruises that visit Cleveland

Great Lakes Grand Discovery

Victory Cruise Lines

French Canada & the Great Lakes

Victory Cruise Lines

Great American Waterways

Blount Small Ship Adventures