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uctSj alcohol and spirits, boots and shoes, clothing, foundry and 
engine shop products, and furniture. 
Influence of transportation lines. The influence of the canals 
was greatest during this period. The railroad fever had seized 
the citizens of Ohio, but there were very few railroads in opera- 
tion previous to 1850. A road was completed from Cincinnati 
to Springfield in 1846, and by 1848 through steam connection was 
made between Cincinnati and Sandusky. Within the next 
decade several railroads were completed, but preceding 1850 
canal shipping was the most important factor in Cincinnati's 
growth. 
INDUSTRIAL GROWTH SINCE 1850 
From 1850 to 1870. During the decade preceding the Civil 
War, Cincinnati’s development was naturally retarded b}^ war 
agitation, in common with other cities all over the country; her 
population increased about 57,000, but the value of her products 
increased less than $11,000,000. In the Civil War period, her 
population increased about 67,000, while the value of her products 
increased only about $14,000,000. 
1870 to the present. Since 1870 Cincinnati’s growth, both in 
population and manufactures, has been steady and consistent. 
From 1870 to 1880 her manufactures more than doubled, the influ- 
ence of the Civil War having disappeared. In the next decade 
her manufactures increased satisfactorily. During the decade 
ending in 1900, the value of her manufactures decreased, due prob- 
ably to the panic of the nineties; in the last decade the manufac- 
tures show a pleasing increase. Since 1850 the value of Cincin- 
nati’s manufacturing products has increased about four and a 
half-fold, while the gain in population has been almost three-fold. 
Influence of the railroads. This progress has doubtless been 
largely due to the building of railroads. The day of the canals 
was over by 1850. In 1851 Cincinnati and Cleveland w^ere con- 
nected by railroad; in 1852 a railroad was built from Cleveland 
to Pittsburg.i^ In 1853 the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reached 
the Ohio valley; in 1857 a road was built, connecting Cincinnati 
with St. Louis. The year 1857 was also marked by the comple- 
tion of the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, which connected Cin- 
Ohio Archeological and Historical Society Publications, vol. ix, 1901, p. 190. 
p. 190. 
