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For more than 70 years the site was the home of Lakeside Amusement Park which closed in the mid 1960s. After that, the land was not redeveloped until the U.S. 35 West extension bisected the lake in 1996. The banks of the lake became overgrown and filled with litter.
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A new pier and two permanent benches were donated and installed by the Ohio AFL-CIO, the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance and the Ironworkers Local 290.
On the day the video above was made, more than a dozen people were fishing from the pier and banks of the lake and others filled the benches.
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