Paterson New Jersey History and Cartography (1880)

Paterson New Jersey history and cartography is explored and examined from this vintage map that was originally produced in 1880. In this video we zoom in and look at various historical aspects that make this map so great. The map itself is a birdseye perspective map in that we get to see the city of Paterson in a 3d perspective. Specifically we get to see building architecture, changes in elevation, vegetation, railroads, factories and much more.

[@Papasmurf7597]

Thank you so much for this video. Being a son, grand son and great grand son of Paterson, I'd like to point out a couple of items that if feel would ad to your video. As others pointed out, the water way next to the RR is indeed the Morris Canal. the Rr is the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western RR. The RR in the sort of middle of the town became the ERIE RR. That particular part of the Erie was formed by the joining of the Paterson and Ramapo River RR and the Paterson and Hudson River RR. To the East in the city was the New Jersey Midland RR. Later to become the New York, Susquehanna and Western RR. The area in the forefront of the map was called 'Dublin". due to the heavy influx of Irish immigrants that worked in the mills in that area. Also in the 'Dublin' area is a rather large church. That is St. John the Baptist Cathedral RC church. The rather undeveloped area to the north of the map became Riverside section. Predominently Holland Dutch, Belgian and Italian. BTW, my grand mother was born in Paterson in 1884.Of Polish ancestry. My grand father was brought to Paterson by his parents, my great grand parents in 1890. at the age of three. From Poland. Thank you for putting up with an old man's memories of his childhood birth city. Sorry for the long post.

[@Sinistatnt]

This was great

[@abes.4040]

Actually, what you described as the Passaic River is the Morris Canal, The Passaic river can be seen in the background to the upper left where the falls are. The railway runs where Route 80 runs along now.

[@toosexyforthenwo]

I was born there, all you need to know :)

[@lizzyinatizzy6188]

Bravura, your video is so excellent! Having lived most of my life in this area, I am very familiar with these sites. My family worked mostly in Garfield and Passaic. We lived in the east side of Clifton. Paterson was the "big city" to us. When we hopped on the bus on Main Ave to go there, it was very exciting! Your postcard seems to show Paterson from Garret Mtn. PS: At around 8:37 you can see that the bridge over the falls existed from at least 1880. That is older than I am. LoL Thank you for posting!

[@BravuraMediaCompany]

Interesting... I did not know where the perspective was for this birdseye. Garret Mtn, very nice thank you for mentioning that! Also thank you for watching and the kind comment!

[@lizzyinatizzy6188]

Thx again for your video. I am trying to remember some of the sites on the postcard. The birdseye view is most likley from Lambert Castle, near the tower, but not the parking area that is up the road. The Passaic River was also part of (if I remember correctly), the Morris canal, which used horses to pull freight from Paterson to Newark(?) and parts south. There are still places in that area that are treated as national landmarks, so it may be possible to confirm this. The second set of railroad tracks you refer to (can't be seen so well, off in the distance) are on Getty Ave. and were still in use in 1977. I think those are the tracks you see in the background on the postcard. PS In our "modern times," route 19 (or is it 20), has taken the place of the Morris canal. Go Bravura, please keep posting!

[@frysknj]

Yes, the "river" in the foreground is the Morris Canal. Part of the old canal became Route 19 (which was originally called Rt. 20 but it was never connected to the other part of Rt. 20 so they changed the number.) The Passaic Falls, aka Great Falls, aka Paterson Falls are still very much there and the area recently became a National Historical Park. www.nps.gov/pagr/index.htm

[@alierikenoglu8006]

I gave this video the "benefit of the doubt"... but it failed. The presenter appeared not to be familiar with Paterson at all, and did a poor job of even making the map a centerpiece of his presentation. Paterson deserves better than this.

[@bboopster942]

Thank you. Enjoyed it very much

[@SADtv_]

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[@Wanker423]

I have a bunch of blueprints and parts diagrams from some of the Mills in this in this video.

[@iamtsavah6680]

So aquaponic was the name of the tribe as well hydro electricity began there ...i have tons of info in Paterson ☀️☀️☀️🙏🏽

[@kellygoodbrad8104]

I am looking for the Silk City Pie Company of 1915 .

[@JuanMorales-pm2lx]

First note of history and then you'll know what the map represents I don't think you represented it pretty well so it tells you don't know much about the history of Paterson

[@thebatman6731]

I think this view is from garret mountain looking towards downtown.

[@MrSloika]

Up until the revolution there were only a few grist mills in what is now Paterson, industry only took off, powered by the water falls. in the 19th century. Industry abandoned the city after WWII. Today large sections of Paterson are a third world type of slum.

[@scottsantora7251]

I was excited to see this until I actually started to listen to you. The falls are the PATERSON FALLS not the Passaic Falls. You really don't know much about the area and it shows. Not a usable piece of history for my students. Considering we are in Paterson that is sad.

[@peggyoneill1886]

Not crazy about this Video either but the Falls are the Passaic Falls meaning in Passaic County even though they are in Paterson. That is the correct name.

[@arthefuture]

They were historically known as the Passaic Falls (named after the river it’s on) and more recently called Paterson Great Falls. I agree with you however that info and history were lacking.