Lincoln Park

Historical marker location:

Jersey City, New Jersey

( Marker is at the intersection of Belmont Avenue and West Side Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Belmont Avenue.)

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.