A Bit Of History
Worthington in Ohio owes its origins to a group who founded the Scioto Company in 1802 with a view to moving west from Connecticut to settle near the Muskingum and Great Miami Rivers in Ohio. After some re-thinking over location; the Scioto Company eventually purchased about 16,000 acres; at $1.50 per acre; alongside what was then known as the Whetstone River (now named the Olentangy River). They decided to name the settlement Worthington; after one of Ohio’s first Senators.
The settlers began arriving at the end of 1803 and, in Worthington, 160 city lots of 3/4 acre each, were put up for auction; there were only 37 bids (ranging from a high of $53 down to $0.25 per lot). Farm lots of 20 to 130 acres were similarly auctioned off. At this time, much of the area was forest land so log cabin style construction was the order of the day and, since winters in Ohio can be very long and cold (temperatures as low as -22°F have been recorded) a fireplace would be essential. Being in forest land, wood was the natural choice of fuel and that traditional stone chimney on one end of the log cabin would have been a typical sight. Inside, an open hearth for burning the logs and the smoke simply goes up the hollow inside the stone chimney. Maybe there was a little chimney cleaning from time to time; but chimney repair in Worthington, OH in those days was probably limited to repairing external storm damage – Ohio can be on the receiving end of tornadoes from time to time.
Modern Times
With the advent of railroads and then modern highways and trucking services the life styles of these early settlers became more uniform with the rest of the country. Pot bellied stoves and the like may have been considered luxuries to transport on a wagon drawn by animals but no problem for railroad trucks; metal pipes and ducts began to replace the old fashioned pile of stones for the chimney in your building. Today, an open hearth fire is more a decoration than the main source of winter heating; having been largely replaced by either a furnace for central heating or a purpose made wood burning fireplace with (glass) doors. (Ohio still has forest and wood is still a popular heating fuel).
In both cases, the exhaust from the fire is taken away inside metal ducting that is often run up the inside of an earlier (defunct) stone chimney. Maintenance and chimney repair in Worthington, OH is largely concerned with this metal duct system.
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