John L. Lewis

Historical marker location:

Atlantic City, New Jersey

( Marker is on Boardwalk just west of South Mississippi Avenue, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1999

Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) Founded with a Punch in Atlantic City.

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.