COVINGTON, the second largest city of Kentucky, U.S.A., on the Ohio river at the mouth of the Licking, opposite Cincin nati; one of the county seats of Kenton county. It is on Federal highway 25; is served by the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Louis ville and Nashville railways, and by river steamers; and has a municipal air-port. The population was 57,121 in 1920 (89.6% native white), and was 65,252 Federal census in 1930. The city is built on a plain, partly surrounded by hills, and has many fine residences and spots of scenic beauty. It is the seat of a Roman Catholic bishopric; the cathedral (St. Mary's) contains one of the largest stained-glass windows in the world. Beautiful Devon park extends over 55o acres. The suspension bridge across the Ohio, built between 1856 and 1866, is 2,252ft. long, ranking next to the Brooklyn bridge at New York. Across the Licking river is Newport (q.v.). The Latonia race track is within the city limits. Covington is the trade centre of an extensive district en gaged in agriculture and stock-raising (including thoroughbred horses). It has substantial manufactures, notably of X-ray ma chinery, cigars and tobacco, cigar boxes, textiles, cordage, archi tectural iron, steel, iron fence, boilers, safes and locks, machinery and furniture. Formerly its breweries were important. The out put of its factories in 1927 was valued at $17,552,620. The as sessed valuation of property for 1927 was $48,407,723. A settle ment was made here in 1812, and in 1815 a town was laid out, and named after Gen. Leonard Covington (1768-1813) who was mortally wounded at Chrystler's Field during the War of 1812. The city was chartered in