Nicholas Vreeland Outkitchen

Historical marker location:

Montville, New Jersey

( Marker is on Jacksonville Road, 0.1 miles south of Indian Lane, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2011

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.