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Cincinnati Public Landing title Cincinnati Public Landing Title false
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"Only a few hundred feet from the Public Landing, which once stretched from Main Street to Broadway and north to Front Street, remain. And only the Showboat Majestic, docked here, recalls the riverboats which once were the city's economic lifeblood. Recognizing that the river was central to the development of Cincinnati, the city's founders set aside a public landing, and the city later maintained wharves here. The landing became increasingly important to the city's commerce with the development of steamboats in the first part of the nineteenth century. Between 1826 and 1834, wharfage fees collected by the city more than tripled, from $2,200 to $6,900. Although the public landing has not been central to Cincinnati's economy since the Civil War, it has been important for recreation. Through the early twentieth century, a number of private interests, including the Green Line excursion boats, operators of the Delta Queen, and Billy Bryant's showboat, relied on the landing and urged the city to maintain it. The 1948 "Master Plan" retained the landing as well as a "boat harbor and esplanade," but in the 1960s, when riverfront redevelopment got underway, the city began whittling away at the landing. By the end of the decade, only Delta Queen, a floating restaurant, and the Showboat Majestic remained. Today [1988], only the Majestic is moored at the landing." (25) description "Only a few hundred feet from the Public Landing, which once stretched from Main Street to Broadway and north to Front Street, remain. And only the Showboat Majestic, docked here, recalls the riverboats which once were the city's economic lifeblood. Recognizing that the river was central to the development of Cincinnati, the city's founders set aside a public landing, and the city later maintained wharves here. The landing became increasingly important to the city's commerce with the development of steamboats in the first part of the nineteenth century. Between 1826 and 1834, wharfage fees collected by the city more than tripled, from $2,200 to $6,900. Although the public landing has not been central to Cincinnati's economy since the Civil War, it has been important for recreation. Through the early twentieth century, a number of private interests, including the Green Line excursion boats, operators of the Delta Queen, and Billy Bryant's showboat, relied on the landing and urged the city to maintain it. The 1948 "Master Plan" retained the landing as well as a "boat harbor and esplanade," but in the 1960s, when riverfront redevelopment got underway, the city began whittling away at the landing. By the end of the decade, only Delta Queen, a floating restaurant, and the Showboat Majestic remained. Today [1988], only the Majestic is moored at the landing." (25) Description false
Information Source:
Giglierano, Geoffrey J. and Deborah A. Overmyer. The Bicentennial Guide to Greater Cincinnati: A Portrait of Two Hundred Years.Cincinnati: The Cincinnati Historical Society, 1988. (25) information_source Giglierano, Geoffrey J. and Deborah A. Overmyer. The Bicentennial Guide to Greater Cincinnati: A Portrait of Two Hundred Years.Cincinnati: The Cincinnati Historical Society, 1988. (25) Information Source false
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Cincinnati Preservation Association reproduction_creator Cincinnati Preservation Association Reproduction Creator false
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