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City (1990 pop. 632,910), state capital and seat
of Franklin co., central Ohio, on the Scioto River; inc. as
a city 1834. Ohio's largest city, it is a transportation, industrial,
and trade center in a fertile farm region. Its manufactures
include consumer goods, aircraft, engines, transportation equipment,
glass, food, textiles, and primary metals. Government agencies
and many research and educational centers are central to the
economy, which expanded rapidly from the 1940s. Columbus is
the seat of Ohio State Univ., Capital Univ., Ohio Dominican
College, Franklin Univ., state schools for the deaf and blind,
and Battelle Memorial Institute (for industrial research). Landmarks
include the state capitol; the state office building and its
library; Ohio State Univ.'s huge Ohio Stadium; the Columbus
Gallery of Fine Arts; the Center of Science and Industry, a
science museum designed by Arata Isozaki; the postmodern convention
center designed by Peter Eisenman; the library and museum of
the state archaeological and historical society; the headquarters
of the American Rose Society, with one of the world's largest
rose gardens; Camp Chase Confederate cemetery, with the graves
of soldiers who died in the Civil War prison camp there; and
the vast state fair grounds. Also in the city are U.S. Fort
Hayes (est. 1863) and a state penitentiary. The Griggs, O'Shaughnessy,
and Hoover reservoirs are the center for park and recreational
activities. The city also has a professional hockey team (the
Blue Jackets), racetracks, and a variety of annual cultural
events.
Columbus was laid out as state capital in 1812 but did not take
over the government from Chillicothe until 1816. Its growth
was stimulated by the development of transportation facilities—a
feeder canal to the Ohio and Erie Canal, which was opened in
1831; the National Road, which reached the city in 1833; and
the railroad, which arrived in 1850.
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