*This article was originally published in collaboration with Compound as part of their new content initiative: "The Archive".* As Samuel Morse’s telegraph started transmitting messages in the 1840s, the New York Herald proclaimed that “space

Though hard to believe today, 19th-century Cleveland was a manufacturing powerhouse and cluster of innovation. It is said that “geography is destiny”, and Cleveland’s positioning on Lake Erie greatly benefitted the city after the Erie Canal was completed in 1825. The canal linked Lake Erie with the Atlantic Ocean, making cities on Lake Erie like Cleveland important ports...

*This article was originally published in collaboration with Compound as part of their new content initiative: "The Archive".* As Samuel Morse’s telegraph started transmitting messages in the 1840s, the New York Herald proclaimed that “space

Though hard to believe today, 19th-century Cleveland was a manufacturing powerhouse and cluster of innovation. It is said that “geography is destiny”, and Cleveland’s positioning on Lake Erie greatly benefitted the city after the Erie Canal was completed in 1825. The canal linked Lake Erie with the Atlantic Ocean, making cities on Lake Erie like Cleveland important ports...