ʻO ka Falls nui ma Paterson, New Jersey kahi wai kūlana kiʻekiʻe he 300 kapuai, 77 kapuai e hoʻonui ai iʻelua mau kalani baila o ka wai i kēlā lā i kēia lā ma kahakai. ʻOiaiʻo kona nani maoli ka mea e mahaloʻia ai,ʻo kona moʻolelo ka mea nāna i mālama iā National Historic Park a me kahi kūlana'āina.
ʻOiaiʻo ka mō'ī mua o ka mō'ī o ka Waihona Waihona,ʻo Alexander Hamilton ka mea i hana mua i ka hōʻoiaʻiʻoʻana i ke kūʻokoʻa waiwai waiwai oʻAmelika ma ka hoʻokumuʻana i ka Society for the Establishment of Manufactured Enterprises (SUM) i 1791.
I ka makahiki 1792, ua hoʻonohonohoʻia ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Paterson e ke kaiāulu, iʻike i ka Great Falls kahi mana kupaianaha no ke kūlanakauhaleʻenehana hana mua o Amerika.
Ua heluʻiaʻo Hamilton e Pierre L'Enfant, ka mea kākau a me ka mea hana kālai'āina i hoʻokumu i nā papa hana hoʻolālā alanui no Washington DC, e hoʻolālā i nā kahawai a me nā ala e hāʻawi ai i ka mana i nā wai i loko o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, manaʻo kaʻahahui i nā manaʻo kūponoʻo L'Enfant a ua loli loa iā Peter Colt, a ua hoʻohanaʻo ia i kahi pūnaewele punawai i ka wai kūpono i ka holo hoʻokahi i nā mīkini. Ma hope mai, ua hoʻokumuʻia kekahi pūnaehana like me ka'ōlelo a En Enfant ma hope o ka hoʻomohalaʻana o ka pūnaewele o Colt.
Ma muli o ka mana i hāʻawiʻia ai ka pali, hiki i ka Paterson ke hoʻonani i ka nui o nāʻoihana "hoʻomaka mua":ʻo ka moa wai i hanaʻia i ka mīkini i ka 1793,ʻo ia ka pepa nūpepa mua i ka makahiki 1812,ʻo Colt Revolver i 1836, Rogers Locomotive Works i ka makahiki 1837, Holland Submarine i ka makahiki 1878.
I ka makahiki 1945, ua kūʻaiʻia nā waiwai o SUM i ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Paterson, a ma ka makahiki 1971, ua hoʻokumuʻia ka huiʻana o ka Great Falls Preservation and Development Corporation no ka mālamaʻana a me ka hoʻoulu houʻana i nā hale kaulana a me nā hale kaʻa. Hiki iāʻoe keʻike i ka 'mīkini mua loa i ka moku kūlana',ʻo Phoenix Mill, ka mea i hana muaʻia i ka mīmū mīkini a laila i ka meaʻili silikino, ma Van Houten a me Cianci Streets ma Paterson.
Ma ka lā 7 o Nowemapa, 2011, ua lilo ka Great Falls i 397 o ka papa'āina a hiki i kēia lā, hāʻawi i ka mana i nā poʻe noho a me nāʻoihana ma ka pūnaehana mana nui o Falls. Hoʻokumuʻia i ka makahiki 1986,ʻekolu mau kikowaenaʻo Kaplan turbine ka mea hana i kahi 30 miliona mau kilowatt-hola o ka māina maʻemaʻe ma kēlā me kēia makahiki (kumu) .
NĀ HĀKAI: Eʻike i nā'ōkuʻe ma kahi o Park Park (72 McBride Avenue). E nānā pū i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Kū'ēʻo Historic District (65 McBride Avenue), ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Paterson (Thomas Rogers Building, 2 Market Market) a hoʻopau i ka lā me ka maʻi. Eia ke alakaʻiʻana o ka NPS ma ka hale'āina.
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