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- | '''Owner:''' [[August W. Stadler]] | + | [[Image:Cuyahoga_soap.jpg|right|frame|<small>Postcard found at the Cleveland Memory Project of CSU</small>]] |
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+ | :[[August W. Stadler]] | ||
- | '''Location:''' 808 [[Newburgh St.|Denison Ave.]], Cleveland, Ohio | + | '''Location:''' |
+ | :808 [[Newburgh St.|Denison Ave.]], Cleveland, Ohio | ||
:CUYAHOGA SOAP, a small family-owned rendering firm, became a major domestic producer of tallow. The company was a major consumer of the waste from Cleveland's stockyard operations. Cuyahoga Soap & Rendering, as the company was originally called, was begun by August W. Stadler in 1876 with $98 capital. (A friend offered him $100, but he turned down the extra $2 as unnecessary.) A fire and flood ruined Stadler's early venture, but undaunted, he maintained an office in his home while he acquired the materials to start over.<ref>Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=CS7</ref> | :CUYAHOGA SOAP, a small family-owned rendering firm, became a major domestic producer of tallow. The company was a major consumer of the waste from Cleveland's stockyard operations. Cuyahoga Soap & Rendering, as the company was originally called, was begun by August W. Stadler in 1876 with $98 capital. (A friend offered him $100, but he turned down the extra $2 as unnecessary.) A fire and flood ruined Stadler's early venture, but undaunted, he maintained an office in his home while he acquired the materials to start over.<ref>Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=CS7</ref> |
Revision as of 20:18, 24 March 2009
Owner:
Location:
- 808 Denison Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
- CUYAHOGA SOAP, a small family-owned rendering firm, became a major domestic producer of tallow. The company was a major consumer of the waste from Cleveland's stockyard operations. Cuyahoga Soap & Rendering, as the company was originally called, was begun by August W. Stadler in 1876 with $98 capital. (A friend offered him $100, but he turned down the extra $2 as unnecessary.) A fire and flood ruined Stadler's early venture, but undaunted, he maintained an office in his home while he acquired the materials to start over.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=CS7