Historic RittenhouseTown
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Historic RittenhouseTown, sometimes referred to as Rittenhouse Historic District, encompasses the remains of an early industrial community which was the site of the first paper mill in British North A
Rittenhouse homestead
Outbuilding, 207A Lincoln Drive, Fairmount Park
William Rittenhouse
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William Rittenhouse was an American papermaker and businessman. He served as an apprentice papermaker in the Netherlands and, after moving to the Pennsylvania Colony, established the first paper mill
Historic RittenhouseTown
…encompasses the remains of an early industrial community which was the site of the first paper mill in British North America. The mill was built in 1690 by William Rittenhouse and his son Nicholas on the north bank of Paper Mill Run (Monoshone Creek) near (and now within) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The district, off Lincoln…
Rittenhouse established America's first paper mill on the Monoshone Creek
Illustration of an early watermark used on paper produced by William Rittenhouse