NJ Great Falls in Autumn

NJ Great Falls in Autumn by Regina Geoghan. A photograph of the Passaic River Great Falls, located in Paterson NJ, surrounded by fall foliage and... more

by Regina Geoghan

Title

NJ Great Falls in Autumn

Artist

Regina Geoghan

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

NJ Great Falls in Autumn by Regina Geoghan. A photograph of the Passaic River Great Falls, located in Paterson NJ, surrounded by fall foliage and with a rainbow glowing in the mist of the Great Falls. This is by far my most popular image in terms of number of views with close to 13,000 visitors clicking on it. One of our most recently designated National Parks in the USA, the Great Falls of Paterson, located on the Passaic River, holds a fascinating place in the history of America. In 1791, as the result of a vision of Alexander Hamilton of what could be achieved using the power of the Falls, Paterson N.J. became America's first planned industrial city. At first, silk mills were established and thrived and soon mills and factories to produce cotton, silk, automobiles, guns, paper and more were established. The vision of Hamilton led to the formation of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufacturers (S.U.M) in 1792. The Great Falls of Paterson became a National Historic Landmark District in 1976. The Great Falls raceway and power systems were designated a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1977. In 2009, the area was made a National Historic Park when President Obama signed the Paterson Great Falls National Historic Park Act as part of the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act.

This image of the Paterson Great Falls of the Passaic River in autumn has received more than 9,000 views, 1st place winner in 1000 Views group Holiday Shopping contest (Nov 2018 ) and honored by being featured on the home page of a long list of FAA landscape and other specialty groups including:

- Your Very Best Photography (8/13/2019)
- Your Story of Art (8/9/2019)
- 10,000 Views and More (8/8/2019)
- Rainbows and Reflections (8/7/2019)
- Art For Ever with You (4/3/2019)
- Best 30,000 Artworks (1/25/2019)
- Just Perfect (1/20/2019)
- First Friday Gallery Group (1/20/2019)
- Water Forms (1/20/2019)
- USA Photographers ONLY (1/20/2019)
- Artists Best Five Artworks
- ALL SEASONS Landscapes
- Nature and Landscape Photography
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- The Natural Beauty of This World
- By the Lake
- All Places on the Atlantic Coast USA
- New Jersey
- MOTIVATION, MEDITATION and INSPIRATION,
- Images That Excite You
- Landscape Art
- Artists Around the World
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- 1000 Views on 1 Image
- 10 Plus
- Over 3000 Views

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November 29th, 2011