Save HULETT ORE UNLOADERS - Cleveland

04/22/2024

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02/03/2024

I posted this as a comment with the article and also other places. Need subscription to read full article
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/02/clevelanders-grieve-over-demise-of-whiskey-islands-hulett-ore-unloaders-others-say-its-time-to-move-on.html?
Clevelanders grieve over demise of Whiskey Island’s Hulett ore unloaders; others say it’s time to move on

Preservation advocates blame Cleveland and the Port of Cleveland for failing to save the historic ore unloaders;...

Throughout the world, people proudly leave less significant mementos of the predecessors contributions to their areas and nation's development and as a tribute to the inventors vision and the spirit of ingenuity. The Huletts helped the United States and the world counter aggression during World Wars One and Two plus many conflicts in between. The innovation and the efficiency of the majestic Hulett Ore Unloaders on Whiskey Island of Cleveland Ohio and at all the locations throughout the Great Lakes with their throughput to the steel mills of the Iron Ore, let our region and our nation embark in an economic upswing that expanded the middle class in America. In Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, what is it about its leaders that they have no faith in achieving big dreams and in turn block any visionaries from moving forward to deliver on something that is achievable. Location is the issue here not the ability to raise funds. Where is Cleveland Cliffs, protectors of the Steamer William G. Mather, and which ship would not have been built without the Huletts demand for such a ship? Where is Sherwin Williams, without the prosperity delivered by the Huletts, would not have prospered (they do have a Hulett color). Please visit Citizens Vision, the champion volunteers for the Huletts and many projects, website (www.citizensvision.org) and see what options there are to have the Hulett Ore Unloaders stand tall again. Money is not the problem, will to accomplish it is.

Preservation advocates blame Cleveland and the Port of Cleveland for failing to save the historic ore unloaders; others say 24 years of trying is long enough.

01/29/2024

Action required: Those who follow closely probably have heard that the Port Authority plans to scrap the remaining two Huletts, starting in March. The voices of the people and our leaders are key to saving them now. Please call Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb (216-664-2000) and county executive Chris Ronayne (216-443-7000) to express your opinion and demand that at least one entire Hulett is preserved. 

A long public debate over whether a Hulett ore crane could be reassembled appears to be over,

12/08/2023

In time for Christmas and the giving season - We have our one of a kind design T-shirts and hoodies all neatly folded plus coffee/tea mugs and postcards and ready for this third Friday of the month, December 15th 2023, at Studios At 78th Street open house 5-9 on the Ramp Level in the basement (1300 W 78th Street off Lake Road near Detroit Road - Cleveland). Stop in to talk about Huletts and pick up a warm hooded sweatshirt or our new awesome front/back Tshirt - support a very important cause for this region's and nation's industrial heritage preservation!

Citizens' Vision is a facilitating organization for citizen action and both government accountability and efficiency. Current committees seek to preserve the historic Hulett Ore Unloaders, Steamship William G. Mather, and Whiskey Island greenspace, Cuyahoga riverfront, Lake Erie lakefront, Rockefell...

02/18/2023

Stephen "Steve" L. Merkel, a dedicated civic warrior with Citizens Vision, passed away on February 16, 2023. The memorial service is on Thursday February 23rd 2pm at Bay Presbyterian Church in Bay Village, Ohio. Graveside service is on Friday February 24th 1pm at Fairview cemetery; Madison Ohio with luncheon to follow - if attending gravesite service and luncheon please post a comment to this notice with how many attenting.
Steve, since 1998 was a volunteer "Huletteer" of Citizens Vision and in our continued efforts to preserve the Huletts Ore Unloaders, the Steamship William G. Mather, the Cleveland Lighthouse with the Foghorn building at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, Whiskey Island's Wendy Park and many other projects and civic activities that Citizens Vision had championed and/or participated in to improve and launch Northeast Ohio into the 21st Century. He was a dedicated supporter of events honoring Veterans, the military and their families with his sound expertise and system such as Joint Veterans Council of Cuyahoga County the June 14 Flag Day, U.S. Army Birthday and Naturalization Ceremony at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum as well as the Equal Honor For All and then Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 15 sponsored annual commemorations of March 29th Vietnam War Veterans Day and hosted by the City of Garfield Heights. He was the webmaster of the Citizens Vision website www.citizensvision.org and its Treasurer. We will miss his "can do" attitude and the work ethic to deliver on it, even overnight endurance testing projects that earned him the designation of "Huletteer".

02/12/2023

You are invited to visit the Hulett Ore Unloaders and Steamship William G. Mather exhibit at W78th St. Studios (W78th St. and Lake Road) on the third Friday of every month Open House between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. - Citizens Vision and its volunteers are commemorating 30+ years on the job and still championing to preserve the last two remaining Huletts as well as having them standing tall again to their full almost 10 story height and weighing in at 880 tons. Details about the cause are found at www.citizensvision.org - There is a great variety of artists and their studios in this historic 4 level building.

04/13/2022

Whiskey Island and two members of our industrial treasure waiting to be standing tall again touting Northeast Ohio's and Cleveland's rich history and heritage,
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=530970825050015&set=pcb.530973121716452

12/04/2021

Two Hulett Ore Unloaders disassembled on Whiskey Island, not forgotten just waiting to stand tall at another site

We all love Lake Erie. Thanks to these locally invented mechanical wonders, the Great Lakes became key shipping ports.

10/10/2021

A labor of love finish
https://www.facebook.com/supercarblondie/videos/291540545854477/

09/06/2021

Saving a significant industrial artifact - the Spruce Goose - great video of people dedicated and respectful of American ingenuity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBPJhRCqXjA - Cleveland could tell a similar story about the Hulett Ore Unloaders and the two that are laying among the weeds and overgrown vegetation on Whiskey Island in pieces that need to be resurrected to their majestic presence in their entirety, standing tall next to the Steamship William G. Mather at our proposed Cuyahoga River location once the Scranton Channel is excavated.

In the early 1990s, the legendary Spruce Goose embarked on an incredible logistical move to its new home in Oregon. The trip would become the longest and mos...