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ZANESVILLE
, a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Muskingum county, See also:Ohio, U.S.A., on the Muskingum See also:river, at the mouth of the Licking river, about 6o m
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E. cf See also:Columbus
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Pop
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(1890) 21,009; (1900) 23,538, of whom 1435 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (191o, See also:census) 28,026
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Zanesville is served by the See also:Baltimore & Ohio, the See also:Pennsylvania, the See also:Cleveland, See also:Akron & Columbus, the Ohio River & Western, the See also:Wheeling & See also:Lake See also:Erie, the Zanesville & Western, and the Ohio & Little Kanawha (B. and O. See also:system) See also:railways, by a See also:belt See also:line around the city, and by the Ohio Electric and the See also:South-Eastern Ohio electric inter-See also:urban lines
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By a See also:series of locks and dams the Muskingum river has been made navigable for small vessels to the Ohio and above Zanesville to See also:Dresden, where connexion is made with the Ohio See also:Canal extending See also:north to Cleveland
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Within the city limits the Muskingum is crossed by seven See also:bridges (including a notable See also:concrete Y See also:bridge) and the Licking by two
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The business districts of the city See also:lie on both sides of the two See also:rivers; the residential districts being chiefly on the hills to the north and See also:west
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Among the See also:principal buildings are the Federal See also:building, the county See also:court-See also:house, the Soldiers and Sailors' Monumental Building, containing a large auditorium, the Masonic and See also:Oddfellows' temples, the See also:Market building, containing city offices, a See also:National Guard armoury, the See also: In r9o5 it ranked See also:sixth among the cities of the See also:country in the amount of pottery produced, and third in the degree of the specialization of that See also:industry . In 1905 the value of all factory products was $7,047,637, of which $1,144,384 (16.2 per cent.) represented pottery, terra-See also:cotta, and fireclay products . Zanesville was first platted in ',Soo by Ebenezer Zane (1747—181r) of Wheeling, See also:Virginia (now West Virginia), his See also:brother See also:Jonathan, and John McIntire, his son-in-See also:law, of See also:Alexandria, Va., who under an See also:act of See also:Congress of 1796 surveyed a road from 1Vheeling to what is now See also:Maysville, See also:Kentucky, and received for this service three sections of See also:land . Jonathan Zane and McIntire selected the land at the point where the new road crossed the Muskingum river . The See also:settlement was first called Westbourne and later was named Zanesville; a See also:post See also:office was established in 18oz . Zanesville became the county-seat upon the creation of Muskingum county in 1804, was the See also:capital of the See also:state from 1810 to 1812, was incorporated as a See also:town in 1814, and was chartered as a city in 185o . |
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