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Dayton, city (1990 pop. 182,044), seat of Montgomery co., SW Ohio, on the Great Miami River where it is joined by the Stillwater River; inc. 1805. It is the trade center for a fertile farm area, but is best known for its involvement with industry, invention, and aviation. Its chief products are computers; machinery; metal, paper, and rubber products; and transportation equipment. Printing and publishing are also important. Dayton grew with the extension of canals (1830s and 40s) and railroads (1850s), and with the industrial demands of the Civil War. It was the first large city to adopt (1913) the city-manager form of government (see city government). It was the home of the Wright brothers, who after their pioneering 1903 flight set up a research operation. Much of their work is preserved in the

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park (see National Parks and Monuments, table). Also in the park is the home of their friend the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. Dayton's life for decades before the 1990s was dominated by the National Cash Register company, which built many civic amenities. The city's institutions include Wright State Univ., the Univ. of Dayton, and a noted art institute. Nearby Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is a major employer.

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Dayton

City (pop., 2000: 166,179), southwestern Ohio, U.S. Settled on the Miami River in 1796 by a group of Revolutionary War veterans, it developed as a river port shipping agricultural produce. The 1829 opening of the Miami and Erie Canal between Dayton and Cincinnati and the 1851 arrival of the railroad stimulated its industrial growth. It was home to Wilbur and Orville Wright and is also their place of burial. The city is a market and distribution centre. It is the site of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (established 1946) and the Air Force Institute of Technology (1947). Home to several colleges and universities, it also has an art institute and a symphony orchestra.

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Dayton 

a city in the northeastern part of the USA; situated on the Great Miami River in Ohio. Population, 240,000 (1970; including suburbs, 845,000).

Dayton is a major industrial center and transportation hub. Manufacturing employs 130,000 persons (1969). The city produces precision machinery: calculating machines, precision machine tools, and parts and instruments for automotive vehicles, aircraft, and missiles. It manufactures refrigerators and other electrical consumer equipment. The city has paper and rubber enterprises. There is a major aeronautical research center in Dayton at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The University of Dayton was founded in 1850.