Historical Marker
The Roundhouse Museum
Historical marker location:
533 London Street, Egg Harbor City, New Jersey
( Marker is on London Street.)
New Jersey Register of Historic Places Site.
The Great Falls of the Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey, played a key role in the early development of the American industrial revolution. Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States, helped to develop the first water-powered cotton spinning mill in Paterson in 1791.