Chair Factory Falls

Jordan Creek is a tributary of Big Creek that drains the area around Girdled Road between 608 and just west of Ravenna Road. It's really inconspicuous until it gets close to Big Creek. Lake Metroparks has a trail off the Greenway that visits the Chair Factory Falls, where there use to be a Chair Factory in the early 1900s.

Big Creek and its tributaries used to be bustling with commercial and industrial activity in those days, which is actually sort of hard to imagine when you walk around or drive around the region today.

Unfortunately, there's not a lot of information available about the chair factory, other than an interpretive sign at the park. The site was probably a strategic location back in those days--water power, access to a railroad, and access to local markets via roads. Not a trace remains of the chair factory which stood right next to the spot where the photo at  the left was taken.