Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
Rogers Locomotive Works: Machines That Built America
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Paterson's industrial story did not end with textiles.
The city became famous for locomotive manufacturing through companies such as Rogers Locomotive Works.
Locomotives built here helped expand rail transportation across the United States and abroad.
A factory in Paterson was connected to a much larger national transformation: the movement of people, goods and information across a growing country.
The machines built here changed the geography of America.