Great Falls ku Paterson, New Jersey ndi yaikulu mamita 300, mamita okwera masentimita 77 omwe amapititsa madzi mabiliyoni awiri tsiku lililonse. Ngakhale kuti kukongola kwachilengedwe ndi chinthu choyenera kulemekezedwa, ndi mbiri yake yomwe yapeza National Historic Park ndi malo otchuka.
Monga Wolemba woyamba wa fuko la Treasury, Alexander Hamilton anatenga njira zoyamba kuti athetse ufulu wa zachuma ku America pomanga bungwe la Society for the Establishment of Effective Manufactures (SUM) mu 1791.
Mu 1792, Town of Paterson inakhazikitsidwa ndi anthu, omwe adawona Great Falls kukhala mphamvu yodabwitsa ya mzinda wa America wokonzekera mafakitale.
Hamilton analembetsa Pierre L'Enfant, katswiri wa zomangamanga ndi zomangamanga omwe anapanga njira zowakonzera msewu wa Washington DC, kuti apange ngalande zamtunda ndi mayendedwe omwe angapereke mphamvu kwa omanga mumzindawu. Mwamwayi, gululi linaganiza kuti maganizo a L'Enfant anali okhumba kwambiri ndipo adalowetsa ndi Peter Colt, yemwe adagwiritsa ntchito madzi osungiramo madzi mosavuta. Pambuyo pake, dongosolo lofanana ndi dongosolo la L'Enfant linakhazikitsidwa pambuyo poyambitsa mavuto a Colt.
Chifukwa cha mphamvu za Falls, Paterson angadzitamande kwambiri "mafano" oyambirira: yoyamba yopanga madzi a kamba ku 1793, tsamba loyamba la 1812, Colt Revolver mu 1836, Rogers Locomotive Works mu 1837, ndi Holland Submarine mu 1878.
Mu 1945, chuma cha SUM chinagulitsidwa ku Mzinda wa Paterson, ndipo mu 1971, bungwe la Great Falls Preservation ndi Development Corporation linakhazikitsidwa pofuna kuteteza ndi kubwezeretsanso malo omangidwa ndi masewera ndi manda. Mukhoza kupeza 'mphero yakale kwambiri kudera losaiwalika', Phoenix Mill, yomwe poyamba inali mphero ya thonje ndiyeno mphero ya silika, ku Van Houten ndi Cianci Streets ku Paterson.
Pa November 7, 2011, Great Falls inakhala paki ya dziko la 397 mpaka lero, imapatsa mphamvu anthu ndi mabungwe kudzera pa malo otchedwa Great Falls power station. Wowonjezera mu 1986, makina atatu a Kaplan opanga mavitamini amapanga pafupifupi mamiliyoni 30 a kilowatt-hours a mphamvu zoyenera pachaka (gwero) .
YENDANI: Onani Falls ku Overlook Park (72 McBride Avenue). Komanso onani Great Falls Historic District Cultural Center (65 McBride Avenue), Paterson Museum (Thomas Rogers Building, 2 Market Street) ndi kumaliza tsikulo. Pano pali ndondomeko yamakono ya NPS.
WERENGANI: Paterson Great Falls: Kuchokera ku Dziko Lapansi ku National Historical Park
DZIWANI: "Kusuta Fodya ndi Zinyama: Chithunzi cha Paterson"
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