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The Cincinnati Public Landing is the
The Cincinnati Public Landing is the landing
Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal, aircraft, or spacecraft returns to the ground. When the flying object returns to water, the process is called alighting, although it is commonly called "landing", "touchdown" or ...
on the banks of the Ohio River
The Ohio River is a long river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing southwesterly from western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illino ...
in Cincinnati
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, Ohio
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, United States
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The Cincinnati Public Landing by 1825 had shipbuilding facilities. It was described in 1841 as a space of nearly , with a front of almost . In the age of steamboat transport, the public landing was frequently jammed with riverboat traffic with 5,000 arrivals and departures per season.
The historic showboat ''Majestic'' was moored at the Public Landing until it was sold in 2019 at public auction and relocated to Manchester, Ohio.
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