Whippany Burying Yard

Historical marker location:

Whippany, New Jersey

( Marker is on Mount Pleasant Avenue (NJ 10).)

1718. Township of Hanover, New Jersey.

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.