Lorain
a city of Ohio, in Lorain co. and on the Lake Erie, Northern Chicago, Baltimore and Ohio, Lorain and West Virginia and Lake Shore Electric railroads. It is the center of an important industrial community and has manufactures of steel, iron, and a large shipbuilding plant. It has Carnegie Library, a hospital and other important public buildings. It is well supplied with natural gas and is an important outlet for the central Ohio coal fields. It also ships important quantities of lumber, iron, and grain. It has an excellent system of docks. The population has grown rapidly in recent years. (1910) 28,883; (1920) 37,295.