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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 723 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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city and the See also:county-seat of Marion county, See also:Ohio, U.S.A., 44 M. N. by W. of See also:Columbus. Pop. (1900), 11,862, including 782 See also:foreign-See also:born and 112 negroes; (1910), 18,232. Marion is served by the See also:Pennsylvania, the See also:Erie, the See also:Cleveland, See also:Cincinnati, See also:Chicago & St. See also:Louis, and the Hocking Valley See also:railways, and by interurban electric railway to Columbus. It is the See also:trade centre of a See also:rich farming See also:district. See also:Limestone is abundant, and the city has various manufactures, including See also:lime, foundry and See also:machine-See also:shop products, agricultural implements, planing-See also:mill products, engines, See also:steam shovels, dredges, pianos and silks. In 1905 the value of factory products was $3,227,712, being 33.1% greater than in 1900. Marion was laid out in 1821, and was chartered as a city in 1890.

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