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This image is of the U.S Coast Guard Station taken from the pier leading up to the station with the city of Cleveland behind the photographer.

Cleveland Harbor Station of the U.S. Coast Guard, located on Whiskey Island. This station in the art deco style was designed by Milton J. Dyer and was built in 1940 and the U.S. Coast Guard occupied the building until 1976. The station is on the…

This photo was taken atop the U.S Coast Guard Station during its dedication ceremony on August 12, 1940. The new station replaced the old life saving station that had been in the same location since 1876.

This photo was taken atop the U.S Coast Guard Station on August 12, 1940 during the dedication of the new station. The new statiion replaced the old life saving station that had stood at the same location since 1876.

This is a picture of what the Church looked like with a more complete view of the building

The image shows workers from the Teamsters Local 436 in February 1976. Seventy-five men walked off the job when one of their fellow workers was fired for refusing to wear safety goggles. This strike caused a shortage of rock salt to surrounding…

This photograph is an arial view of the International Salt mine at Whiskey Island in 1960. The facility had vessel docks, storage silos, a warehouse, and offices. In the 1970s the mine was capable of extracting 8,000 tons of salt per day.

This is an image of what the church would have looked like around the time it was first built.

In the aftermath of the 1979 special election in Cleveland, Mayor Dennis Kucinich takes a moment to savor his victorious defense of the municipal utility with a grateful presentation of a celebratory t-shirt poking fun at the nickname of Cleveland…

In the heated special election in 1979 over whether or not to sell the Cleveland Municipal Light and Power utility to Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (C.E.I.), an apparently pro-sale activist vandalized the sign in the weeks before the votes…