The B. F. Hiestand & Sons Lumber Company operated mills in the Marietta from the mid-1800s until their business closed in 1942. Just upstream from the pedestrian bridge (towards River Rd) you can see the remnants of a dam that once served one of these saw mills.

The concrete dam, whose remnants you now see, was built in 1902 and most likely replaced a wooden dam built in the same location. The dam was used to divert water from the Chiques Creek into a tailrace to turn the mill's water wheel, which in turn powered the large saw needed to cut the massive timbers. The tailrace can still be seen under the northern end of the bridge and indicates that the mill was located in close proximity to where this panel is today.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Chickies* Mansion and Chickies* #1 Furnace (*Chickies - also Chiques or Chikis) (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Eagle / Chickies No. 2 Furnace (approx. 0.2 miles away); A Buried Story (approx. half a mile away); Musselman / Vesta Furnace (approx. half a mile away); Frick Stationary Steam Engine (approx. half a mile away); Hot-Blast Stove Bases (approx. half a mile away); Stone Base of the Chimney (approx. half a mile away); Concrete Railroad Piers (approx. half a mile away).