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| THE GREAT FALLS AT PATERSON, NEW JERSEY ARE RANKED AS SECOND LARGEST FALLING WATERFALL IN THE EAST. BETWEEN 3 AND 6 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER GO OVER THE FALLS A MINUTE. THE FALLS PRODUCE APPROXIMATELY $500,000 A YEAR BY GENERATING ELECTRICITY TO TURBINES AND THEN TO THE PUBLIC ELECTRIC GRID. THE FALLS HISTORIC VALUE IS NOTED AS THE FIRST MAJOR WATER DRIVEN INDUSTRY IN THE EARLY DAYS OF OUR NATION. CREDIT IS GIVEN TO ALEXANDER HAMILTON FOR DESIGNING THE WATER POWERED MANUFACTURING PROCESS. |
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