Cincinnati Vacation
Accomplishments
The Contemporary Arts Center, "The most important American building to be completed since the end of the cold war." -New York Times
1835 First bag of airmail lifted by a hot air balloon.
1853 First practical steam fire engine.
1869 First city to establish a weather bureau
1870 First city in the U.S. to establish a municipal university, University of Cincinnati
1880 First and only city to build and own a major railroad.
1902 First concrete skyscraper built in the U.S., the Ingalls Building
1935 First night baseball game played under lights.
1952 First heart-lung machine makes open heart surgery possible, Children's Hospital.
1954 First city to have a licensed public television station, WCET-TV.
