Historical Marker
Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility
Historical marker location:
31 Petticoat Lane, Lebanon, New Jersey
( Marker is on Petticoat Lane, 0.1 miles south of East Main Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2011
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.