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Great Western Mill

Great Western Mill Great Western Mill - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Isaac Edge's windmill is a historic landmark that played an important role in the early industrial development of Jersey City, New Jersey. Isaac Edge, a British immigrant, built the windmill in 1806 on the shore of the Hudson River, the Great Western Mill stones imported from England found their first home in Brooklyn Heights. Later the smock mill relocated to Paulus Hook just north of the present-day corner of Montgomery and Greene streets in Jersey City, New Jersey. Read more on Wikipedia

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