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Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio History

Artesian Well

Cuyahoga Falls' own artesian Well. During the early days of settlers this well pumped out 50,000 gallons of pure, clean water per day. Two of the riverboat connoisseurs  measured it last year at 17,500 gallons per day. The water wheel was placed there recently by 'Captain Jack'. 

'BIG SPRING' 

One of the old monuments of Cuyahoga Falls was what was called the "Big Spring", which was located on the east side of Front Street, just north of Wadsworth Street. This was a large spring of very fine soft water. It was enclosed within a wall with an opening about fifteen feet across; and in the old days, when wells and cisterns were depended upon for water, large quantities were hauled from the spring in barrels to supply domestic purposes. After the water works system was inaugurated, this spring was tapped as one of the sources of supply of water, and the old wall enclosure was destroyed. The building of the main sewer on Front Street, in front of the spring, tapped the veins of water, and carried off large quantities of it, and the spring is gone.