Ashtabula

(ăsh'təbyo͞o`lə), city (1990 pop. 21,633), Ashtabula co., NE Ohio, on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Ashtabula River; settled c.1801 by New Englanders, inc. as a village 1831, as a city 1891. It is a port of entry on the St. Lawrence Seaway, handling iron ore and coal. Ashtabula manufactures transportation equipment, chemicals, plastics, and fiberglass products. There is tourism, and a campus of Kent State Univ. is in the city.

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This offered itself in the village of Ashtabula, in the northeastern part of the State, and there we all found ourselves one moonlight night of early summer.

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It was in this year that General Custer was killed by the Sioux; that the flimsy iron railway bridge fell at Ashtabula; that the "Molly Maguires" terrorized Pennsylvania; that the first wire of the Brooklyn Bridge was strung; and that Boss Tweed and Hell Gate were both put out of the way in New York.

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An oriented specimen of Late Wisconsinan Ashtabula Till was collected from the bluff of Lake Erie at Geneva State Park in Geneva, OH (Fig.

Mineralogy of weathered Wisconsinan till along a fracture in the root zone (1)

(Ashtabula, Ohio), has introduced the patent-pending line of SynerMix additive products for thermoset plastics (and for paints and coatings) based on the company's new "conductive synergist" technology.

New additives utilize nanotechnology and conductive carbon black

Belnap has also helped secure many grants for improving roads, boat access ramps and parks along Ashtabula County's lakefront area during his 14 years of service with the Conneaut Port Authority.

2004 Ohio Society Public Service Award: Thomas M. Belnap, CPA

They are located in Noble, Washington, Holmes, Wayne, Ashtabula, Columbiana, Geauga, Mahoning and Trumbull counties.

Columbia Transmission opens data room

Nordic Energy LLC, with offices in Ann Arbor, Mich., and Vancouver, Wash., plans to construct an 850-megawatt coal plant near Ashtabula in northeastern Ohio.

Nordic to build coal-fired Ohio plant. (News)

What's described as a "next-generation" magnesium oxide thickener for SMC, TMC, and BMC has been introduced by Plasticolors Inc., Ashtabula, Ohio.

MgO Thickener Gives More Consistent Results

Evans's richly comic Ashtabula Rag magnified the mildly neurotic behavioral gestures of his dancers after a long tour in the winter of 1977.

BILL EVANS DANCE COMPANY

It was a team effort between the local union and management of Elkem Metal Co's Ashtabula, OH, plant that resulted in the development of a new system for producing fine-sized foundry inoculants, say Elkem officials.

Elkem Metals Co credits 'teamwork' for new foundry inoculant system

Last year a magnitude 3.6 quake hit 700 meters from an injection well in Ashtabula, Ohio.

Waste wells implicated in Ohio quake

RH energytrans LLC to construct 28 mi of new pipeline designed to carry natural gas from Pennsylvania to Ohio,Wood has been given a $34 million contract.Woods scope also includes the construction of the North Kingsville meter station in Ashtabula County, Ohio.