Greendale was a tiny town that grew up around a brick furnace in the Little Cities of the Black Diamonds region. Only about five identical houses remain adjacent to an old schoolhouse. It was not apparent if there were more homes close by (there is not additional cleared land) or if the workers commuted from adjacent towns like New Straitsville.

 

Some remains of the brick plant exist: http://www.ohioexploration.com/greendalebrick.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Camp Ohio is just around the corner

Scariest sign ever.

I'd be more scared here than I would be in the middle of Baldwin Village in Los Angeles...

And yeah, that sign has to be the creepiest sign I have ever seen..

Now I'm sorry I sold my pickup camper! :-(

 

I remember my dad taking me to a couple of brickyards and tile mills in our area when I was a kid. That was before farm drainage was done with continuous corrugated plastic tubing placed in a single pass with a special trenching plow. Drainage tile was made from clay and fired in a kiln, and hand-placed in a trench about three feet deep, dug by a wheel excavator. Then the dirt was shoved back in.

 

I loved watching the tile-making machine at the tile mill. The mostened clay mixture went into a hopper on a machine something like a meat grinder, and an auger forced it through a die to extrude a continuous tube onto a conveyor. The tube then passed beneath a multi-spoked wheel with wires stretched between its pairs of arms, like a cheese slicer. The wheel cut the tube into segments that were placed standing on end on pallets, and the pallets were moved to a large, warm room with arrays of gas jets on a grid of pipes on the floor. There the tiles were thoroughly dried before moving to kilns for firing.

 

The finished tiles were the color and porous texture of plain clay flower pots. Brick manufacturing was a very similar process, and there was a lot of strenuous hand labor involved in both. Some clay field-tile drainage systems installed a century ago are still functioning with very little maintenance. I've seen clay field tiles in inside diameters ranging from 4 inches to about 24 inches. I think that above that, concrete was used.

 

Expect a pop quiz when you least expect it. < / :speech:>

 

 

Ink, you sure do love these little towns.  These places scare me.

Ink, you sure do love these little towns.  These places scare me.

 

I know, I love these types of places.

 

Just this weekend, in fact, I was exploring Larchmere and Shaker Square.

Ink, you sure do love these little towns.  These places scare me.

 

I know, I love these types of places.

 

Just this weekend, in fact, I was exploring Larchmere and Shaker Square.

 

Oh Lawd!

Ink, you sure do love these little towns.  These places scare me.

 

I know, I love these types of places.

 

Just this weekend, in fact, I was exploring Larchmere and Shaker Square.

 

Oh Lawd!

 

I know, scary places indeed.

Ink, you sure do love these little towns.  These places scare me.

 

I know, I love these types of places.

 

Just this weekend, in fact, I was exploring Larchmere and Shaker Square.

 

Oh Lawd!

 

I know, scary places indeed.

 

I would have been scared by the possibly unpleasant reaction to a stranger walking around taking pictures here. Might not take kindly to that in these parts. I'll take Murray City over Greendale. Actually, I'll take just about anywhere over it, even Amanda. And you thought that was bad.

 

Your pictures here as in other threads are great.

You capture scenes so well.

 

As an aside... I'm sure most of the people in Greendale are good people, but some of the pictures remind me of what you'd see in movies like The Strangers or Vacancy. Good place to make a scary movie.

 

Your pictures here as in other threads are great.

You capture scenes so well.

 

As an aside... I'm sure most of the people in Greendale are good people, but some of the pictures remind me of what you'd see in movies like The Strangers or Vacancy. Good place to make a scary movie.

 

Exactly!  All the locals get screen time. 

The places like Glouster and Shawnee remind me of sets for the old 1960s "Twilight Zone", especially the post-apocalyptic episodes.

 

It's really, really sad that the history and the ambiance of these places can't be captured and "bottled" like a living museum. Instead of a historic re-creation where they grind corn with an old mill, say, they could forge iron in an authentic furnace or something.

If I end up turning into an old bachelor, I want to retire to the house with the blue Camaro, drive the blue Camaro, drink a lot of cheap burbon, listen to Dio Sabbath, curl up by the fire and read old Car Craft magazines.

That star on homes is getting cliche-ish as the heart in the craft products in Amish country.

That star is supposed to mean "country", but you see it most in the exurbs.

Ink, you sure do love these little towns. These places scare me.

 

I know, I love these types of places.

 

Just this weekend, in fact, I was exploring Larchmere and Shaker Square.

 

Oh Lawd!

 

I know, scary places indeed.

 

I'd be terrified going to Shaker Square alone.  People like MTS live there...you know...that crowd that shops at Barneys.  Ugh.

 

 

Did you run into anyone there?  It looks like the type of place where ALL FIVE of those houses would call each other the second someone drove up.

Ink, you sure do love these little towns.  These places scare me.

 

I know, I love these types of places.

 

Just this weekend, in fact, I was exploring Larchmere and Shaker Square.

 

Oh Lawd!

 

I know, scary places indeed.

 

I'd be terrified going to Shaker Square alone.  People like MTS live there...you know...that crowd that shops at Barneys.  Ugh.

 

 

Did you run into anyone there?  It looks like the type of place where ALL FIVE of those houses would call each other the second someone drove up.

 

Yet you hunkered down and repeatedly visited SS.  Ummmmmmmmm

Shaker Square folks is downright scary. See for yourself!

 

Not public transportation! Ah!

Not public transportation! Ah!

 

Yes 3 - count 'em - three rail stations.  More than all of Columbus, Dayton, Cinci and Toledo combined!  HA HA HA HA HA HA

Not public transportation! Ah!

 

And look how they dress! I hope that as Chief of Fashion Police, MTS has cleaned up this disgraceful situation!

Ink, you sure do love these little towns. These places scare me.

 

I know, I love these types of places.

 

Just this weekend, in fact, I was exploring Larchmere and Shaker Square.

 

Oh Lawd!

 

I know, scary places indeed.

 

I'd be terrified going to Shaker Square alone. People like MTS live there...you know...that crowd that shops at Barneys. Ugh.

 

 

Did you run into anyone there? It looks like the type of place where ALL FIVE of those houses would call each other the second someone drove up.

 

Yet you hunkered down and repeatedly visited SS. Ummmmmmmmm

 

Hey, you know the old saying....  All Rapid lines lead to Shaker Square.  That doesn't mean I wasn't terrified for my life while waiting for my transfers.  You never know who's lurking behind those strip malls.

 

Hey, you know the old saying....  All Rapid lines lead to Shaker Square.  That doesn't mean I wasn't terrified for my life while waiting for my transfers.  You never know who's lurking behind those strip malls.

 

I think it was the other way around.  SS security was watching you.  Strip Mall? Huh, Puh-lease!  ::)

What happened to your avatar! (Is that the right word?)  I really liked the Shaker Square sign.  I can't read the new one.

What happened to your avatar! (Is that the right word?)  I really liked the Shaker Square sign.  I can't read the new one.

 

Its a different Shaker Square sign.  I try to mix them up.  I have a theme going here you twit!

What happened to your avatar! (Is that the right word?) I really liked the Shaker Square sign. I can't read the new one.

 

Its a different Shaker Square sign. I try to mix them up. I have a theme going here you twit!

 

I got that...I'm not THAT dense.  I'm just letting you know that the other sign is MUCH better and legible.  You should crop this one down a bit.

What happened to your avatar! (Is that the right word?)  I really liked the Shaker Square sign.  I can't read the new one.

 

Its a different Shaker Square sign.  I try to mix them up.  I have a theme going here you twit!

 

I got that...I'm not THAT dense.  I'm just letting you know that the other sign is MUCH better and legible.  You should crop this one down a bit.

 

Sweetie, I'm not so sure as the jury is still deliberating .......