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Ashtabula

American  
[ash-tuh-byoo-luh] / ˌæʃ təˈbju lə /

noun

  1. a port in NE Ohio, on Lake Erie.


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On the morning of 4 October 1895, the Africa departed from Ashtabula, Ohio, carrying coal over Lake Huron to Owen Sound, Ontario.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2023

Mr. Mazzatenta was born in Ashtabula, Va., and had lived in the Washington area since 1963.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2021

A native of Ashtabula, Ohio, on the shores of Lake Erie, he grew up in relative affluence, insulated from the struggles of a region in the throes of a massive steel industry contraction.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2020

James Zehringer, the former director, and the employees - some of whom claimed overtime pay - accepted the trip as part of what was billed “Fish Ashtabula Day,” according to the report.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 29, 2020

Such inspection as this would at once prevent the erection of bridges like those at Ashtabula and Tariffville, and would save the public from such traps as those that fell at Dixon and at Groveland.

From Bridge Disasters in America The Cause and the Remedy by George L. (George Leonard) Vose

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