Cleveland Aquarium

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The Cleveland Aquarium existed from 1954 to 1985, with its beginnings founded by a local aquarium hobbyist club. The aquarium expanded much over the years and later closed due to poor construction materials and the lack of funding from the local government. The collection was transferred to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (which still exists in the zoo's Primate, Cat, and Aquatics House).

An excellent and very complete history of the aquarium:
http://www.clevelandaquarium.org/downloads/AquariumHistory_10-2006.pdf

Today an organization still exists that is working towards building a new aquarium in Cleveland...the organization is currently storing $1 million worth of equipment from the defunct Sea World Ohio that closed in 2001.

Cleveland Aquarium, Cleveland, Ohio
 
Cleveland Aquarium, Inc. and a local developer, Jacobs Investment Group are at odds over whose aquarium will be built. CAI wants a larger aquarium with room to grow and to be a non-profit. However, Jacobs is more interested into building an attraction to bring people to their other developements in the Flats, an entertainment district in Cleveland. The Jacobs aquarium would also be smaller and a for-profit aquarium.

Cleveland Aquarium Inc. plans downtown facility, rivaling Jacobs Investment Group proposal - Metro - cleveland.com
 
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