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Melville Mill

1794

 
 
Melville Mill Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, December 9, 2015
1. Melville Mill Marker
Inscription. Site of the known beginning of the continuous paper-making industry in Hanover Township. Started by Charles Marre, who came from England in 1791.
 
Erected 1976 by Morris County Heritage Commission.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1794.
 
Location. 40° 49.268′ N, 74° 25.01′ W. Marker is in Whippany, New Jersey, in Morris County. It is on Parsippany Road. The marker is in front of the David Taylor Design Co. and CCG Marketing Services. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 20 Parsippany Road, Whippany NJ 07981, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Jersey and in the New York City Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Our Lady of Mercy Chapel (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Village of Whippany (about 700 feet away); The Seeing Eye (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Old Iron Works (approx. Ό mile away); Earle Richard Henriquez-Gil, Sr. (approx. Ό mile away); 56-Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R.R. (approx. Ό mile away); Pennsylvania Railroad “Watch Box” (approx. Ό mile away); Pennsylvania Railroad Standard Telephone Booth (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Whippany.
 
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Melville Mill Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, December 9, 2015
2. Melville Mill Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 17, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 593 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 17, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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