Downtown in Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Banded Iron Ore
Photographed by Sandra Hughes Tidwell, June 28, 2024
1. Banded Iron Ore Marker
Alternating layers of red jasper and gray magnetite iron ore
Precambrian
About 2,500 million years old, some of the earliest formed rock in North America.
Mined from the Temagami Iron Formation.
Sherman Mine
Named for Frank A. Sherman, Canadian steel industry pioneer
Temagami, Ontario, Canada
Arranged by Henry P. Whaley
Senior Vice President-Operations, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Contributors
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. · Dofasco Inc.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine.
Location. 41° 30.689′ N, 81° 36.767′ W. Marker is in Cleveland, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is in Downtown. It is on Wade Oval Drive. The marker is in front of the Cleveland History Museum. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cleveland OH 44106, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore and in the Western Reserve. It is also in the American Midwest. Globally, it is in North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Cleveland Museum of Natural History (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); University Circle (about 500 feet away); University Circle's Central Park And Center Stage (about 500 feet away); University Circle District (approx. 0.4 miles away); University Hospitals (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named University Circle District (approx. 0.4 miles away); Site of the Home of the Poet Harold Hart Crane (approx. 0.4 miles away); Fields of Ideals (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cleveland.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Charles Waddell Chesnutt (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Credits. This page was last revised on July 9, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 6, 2024, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 439 times since then and 59 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on July 6, 2024, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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