The Belle of Louisville docks next to the Natchez in Cincinnati for Tall Stacks 2006

The Cincinnati Public Landing is the

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on the banks of the

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, United States. 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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