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Giddings Brook is one of a number of streams that have been buried in pipes as part of Cleveland's sewer system. According to GCBL reader Richard Reid, Giddings had its source near E. 116th Street and what is now Shaker Boulevard. He also sent the picture below, which shows a Euclid Avenue mansion that took advantage of the scenic brook. (The location of the home at E. 71st Street would probably mean that the dip in Chester Avenue where the automatic traffic enforcement cameras are now located is where the brook once flowed.)
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Giddings Brook Map
rreid Says:According to the Moulton 1884 map (http://www.railsandtrails.com/Cleveland/index.html), Giddings Brook crossed where Garden (Central Ave.) terminated at Lincoln (East 85th). Just east of Giddings St (East 71st) it formed a lagoon on the south side of Euclid. The accompanying picture of the Winslow home on Giddings Brook looks south from Euclid. Part of Giddings St (East 71st) is seen in the background on the right. The Moulton map also shows that Giddings Brook formed an elongated lagoon just south of St. Clair. North of Lexington Avenue Giddings Brook ran parallel to East Madison (now Addison) and emptied into Lake Erie at Willson Street (East 55th).
The 1904 topographical map of Cleveland from the Library of the University of Texas (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/cleveland_1904.jpg) shows the source of Giddings Brook to be even further east than East 116th and what is now Shaker Blvd. It appears to have had its source at approximately East 130th or South Moreland and Buckeye/South Woodland.