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Newport (City in Campbell co Ky)

a city in Campbell co., Ky.; at the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, and on the Louisville and Nashville, and the Chesapeake and Ohio railroads; opposite Cincinnati , O.

Two bridges here cross the Ohio, and two the Licking river, connecting Newport with Cincinnati and Covington. The city contains a United States military post, waterworks, National banks, gas and electric lights, high schools , parks, banks, municipal buildings, Masonic Temple. It has iron mills, manufactories of watch cases, nuts, bolts, carriages, pianos, rails, screens, and carriage supplies. Pop. (1910) 30,309; (1920) 29,317.