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The 1924 Lorain–Sandusky tornado was a deadly F4 tornado which struck the towns of Sandusky and Lorain, Ohio on Saturday, June 28, 1924. It remains the deadliest single tornado ever recorded in Ohio history, killing more people than the infamous 1974 Xenia and 1985 Niles-Wheatland tornadoes combined.
The Lorain West Breakwater Light, also called the Lorain Harbor Light, is a lighthouse in Lorain, Ohio, United States. The light was built in 1917 on Lake Erie by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. It was taken out of service in 1965 when it was replaced by an automated lighttower on a nearby breakwater. [3]
Succeeded by. John Romoser. L. Craig Foltin is a Republican politician who served as mayor of Lorain, Ohio from 2000 to 2007. At the age of 32, Foltin upset incumbent Joseph Koziura 51.5% to 48.5% in 1999 to win the mayoral seat in the City of Lorain, where Democrats outnumber Republicans five to one. He again won against Koziura in 2003 and ...
73001423. Added to NRHP. December 18, 1973. The West Side Market is the oldest operating indoor/outdoor market space in Cleveland, Ohio. [1] It is located at the corner of West 25th Street and Lorain Avenue in the Ohio City neighborhood. On December 18, 1973, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [2]
Lorain ( / lɔːˈreɪn /) [8] is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. It is located in Northeast Ohio on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Black River, about 25 miles (40 km) west of Cleveland. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 65,211, [9] making it Ohio's ninth-largest city, the third-largest in Greater Cleveland, and ...
Ontario Super Mart was a Lorain, Ohio-based retail chain that began in the 1950s selling clothing, groceries, hardware, electronics and household goods. By the early 1960s, Ontario operated stores in Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland. In 1964, the nine-store chain was acquired by Cook Coffee Co. of Maple Heights, Ohio, which would become Cook ...
Began term end term Mayor 1: April 6, 1874: October 7, 1875: Conrad Reid: 2: October 7, 1875: October 29, 1875: Thomas Gawn: 3: October 29, 1875: July 24, 1876: Henry ...
The Lorain, Ashland, and Southern Railroad ( reporting mark LA&S) [1] operated from 1914 to 1925 between Lorain, Ohio, and Custaloga, Ohio. It was a consolidation of the Ashland and Western Railway and the Lorain and Ashland Railroad. The line was purchased in 1916 by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Erie Railroad as a means to access the ...