Factory Brook threads through the Old Forge settlement corridor — one of those named tributaries that shows up on USGS quads but rarely gets a dedicated trip report. The name hints at 19th-century industrial use, common across the central Adirondacks where small streams powered sawmills and tanneries before the Forest Preserve era. No data on fishery or formal access points, which likely means it's either too small to stock or runs through a patchwork of private land around the hamlet. If you're poking around Old Forge and see a bridge crossing with the name on it, that's Factory Brook — a footnote on the map, not a destination.
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