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Title: Appleton's illustrated hand-book of American cities;
Year: 1876 (1870s)
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Subjects: Cities and towns
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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rbeiter and Turner Halls,in Walnut St., Wielerts saloon and garden, in Vine St., and some one of the vastbeer-cellars, which can be found almost anywhere over the Rhine. The Snspension-Bridge over the Ohio, connecting the city with Covington, Ky., is the pride of Cin-cinnati. From tower to tower it is 1,057 ft. long; the entire length is 2,252 ft., andits height above the water 100 ft. There is another handsome suspension-bridgeover the Licking River, connecting the cities of Covington and Newport. By tak-ing the horse-cars at Front St., in an hours ride one may cross both these bridges,and return to the starting-point, having been in two States and three cities, andhaving crossed two navigable rivers. A handsome railroad-bridge is thrown acrossthe Ohio, just above the Suspension-Bridge. The Water - Worhs^ in E. Front St., nearthe Little Miami Depot, are of great magnitude, and well worth a visit. There are4 pumping-engines with a capacity of nearly 30,000,000 gallons a day. LongworWs
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Suppension-Bridge. Wine-Cellar^ at the E. end of 0th St., is one of the attractions of the city ; it is vastin dimensions, and contains immense quantities of wine. A visit to one of the nu-merous PorTi-packing Houses will repay the tourist; and no one should miss theviews of the city from Priee\s Hill (take omnibus from Post-Office), and fromLoohout House, Mount Auburn (reached by horse-cars from cor. of Main and 5thSts.). CINCINNATI TO LOUISVILLE. The journey from Cincinnati to Louisville may be made via the Louismlle &Cincinnati Short-Line R. R. (110 m. long), which runs through a fertile and pleas-antly-undulating country, but offers no strikingly picturesque or noteworthy features.By far the pleasantest way, however, in summer, is to take a steamer down theOhio, of which there are two or three daily. The distance is 132 m., and while thescenery is not so impressive as that on the upper portions of the river, it is bothvaried and attractive. The view from the steamer on leaving

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