Historical Marker
Mill Power System
Historical marker location:
Stockton, New Jersey
( Marker is on New Jersey Route 29, on the right when traveling south.)
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.