The Raritan River

Historical marker location:

New Brunswick, New Jersey

( Marker is on U.S. 1.)

Marker installed: 1929

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.