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What is the role geography played in cincinnati rise as an industrial city?

[JK2]

The introduction of steam navigation on the Ohio River in 1811 and the completion of the Miami and Erie Canal helped the city grow to 115,000 citizens by 1850

From Wikipedia

[Octavius]

Cincinnati occupies a prime location on the banks of the Ohio which quickly elevated the city to one of the most important in, what was then considered, the west. The introduction of the river paddle-wheeler on the Ohio River after the War of 1812 turned Cincinnati into a centre of river commerce and trade. The opening of the Miami Canal in 1827 added to the town's economic growth.

The 19th Century saw unprecedented growth, as the city became a major supply centre and jumping off point for exploration and settlement further into the west - Cincinnati became a strategic debarkation point for settlers forging a new life in the wilderness.

By 1850 Cincinnati was the pork-packing capital of the world and even carried the nickname �Porkopolis.� More than 8,000 steamboats docked at Cincinnati in 1852. This allowed the economy to continue to boom as the South paid cash for foodstuffs produced in the city.