Kingwood Tavern

Historical marker location:

Kingwood, New Jersey

( Marker is at the intersection of Kingwood Road (County Route 519) and Byram - Kingwood Road, on the right when traveling north on Kingwood Road.)

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.