Holmes Library

Historical marker location:

Boonton, New Jersey

( Marker is on Main Street (County Route 511) just east of Church Street, on the right when traveling west.)

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.