National Historic Civil and Mechanical Engineering Landmark
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 nation's capital, and Peter Colt designed a raceway and power system to harness the Passaic River at Great Falls and create America's first planned industrial city. That development sparked countless engineering and industrial innovations and progress including the Colt revolver, the Rogers other steam locomotives, the Holland submarine, the Curtis-Wright aircraft engine, along with textile and silk manufacturing made Paterson famous as the "silk city" of the world.| HM Number | HM17LH |
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| Year Placed | 1977 |
| Placed By | The American Society of Civil Engineers and The American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Sunday, October 19th, 2014 at 11:43pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 569064 N 4529550 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 40.91415000, -74.17986667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 54.849', W 74° 10.792' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 54' 50.94" N, 74° 10' 47.52" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 973, 201, 862 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 6-8 Spruce St, Paterson NJ 07501, US |
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