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Historical marker location:

855 New Durham Road, Edison, New Jersey

( Marker is at the intersection of New Durham Road and Interstate 287, on the right when traveling east on New Durham Road.)

Marker installed: 2009

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.