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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18TE_the-first-furnace_West-Milford-NJ.html
? ? ? The stone foundation before you is all that remains of the original iron furnace at Long Pond Ironworks. Built in 1766 by Peter Hasenclever, it was 25 feet tall and could produce 25 tons of iron a week. During the Revolutionary War, iron fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18TD_the-ringwood-furnaces-at-hewitt_West-Milford-NJ.html
? ? ? The outbreak of the Civil War awakened the industrial power of the Northern States. The Cooper & Hewitt Iron Company built the "Gun Metal Furnace" on the Wanaque River in 1862 to supply iron for the manufacture of rifles and other ordnance …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18TC_weighing-scale-remains_West-Milford-NJ.html
? ? ? Mainly for weighing incoming iron ore and outgoing iron pigs. ? ? ? Circa mid 1800s
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18TB_the-company-store_West-Milford-NJ.html
? ? ? The company store was a center of village life for over 160 years, containing not only a wide assortment of merchandise, but also the post office and company bookkeeper's office. ? ? ? Purchases at the store were deducted from workers' wage…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17M0_the-morris-canal_Clifton-NJ.html
This waterway, conceived in the 1820's, linked Pennsylvania's coal fields, New Jersey's iron industry and New York's commercial markets. For 100 years it flowed between the Delaware and Hudson Rivers. Gloria J. Kolodziej, Mayor, City of CliftonFlo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17LO_ivanhoe-wheelhouse_Paterson-NJ.html
This is the only remaining Ivanhoe Paper Company building of the ten that once occupied this site. The rear portion was added in 1865 to house a water-powered turbine engine.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17LN_site-of-the-passaic-paper-mill-flume_Paterson-NJ.html
The site now occupied by the Rogers Millwright Shop was once the home of Passaic Paper Mill. In this 1860's photo (looking north) the remains of the paper mill are on the extreme right. It was a stone mill built in 1837, and housed part of the Iva…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17LL_rogers-millwright-shop_Paterson-NJ.html
The Rogers Millwright Shop was built in 1869, partly with materials from its predecessor on the site, the Passaic Paper Mill. Millwright Shop built and maintained the machinery used in locomotive production. Originally built as almost a duplicate …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17LH_great-falls-raceway-and-power-system_Paterson-NJ.html
Alexander Hamilton, with great vision, prompted the incorporation of the "society for establishing usefull [sic] manufactures" in 1791 to start America's economic and industrial independence. Pierre Charles L'Enfant, engineer and planner of the na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17LG_great-falls-hydroelectric-station_Paterson-NJ.html
Developed in response to the need to increase our national energy supplies and lessen our dependence on imported oil. With deep appreciation for the cooperation and commitment of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Department of …
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