New Germantown

Historical marker location:

Oldwick, New Jersey

( Marker is on Old Turnpike Road near Church Street, on the right when traveling north.)

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.