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The Factory, Speedwell Village
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
The Factory House, birthplace of the Morse electric telegraph, pictured in 2006
Speedwell Ironworks is located in Morris County, New Jersey
Speedwell Ironworks
Speedwell Ironworks is located in New Jersey
Speedwell Ironworks
Speedwell Ironworks is located in the United States
Speedwell Ironworks
Location333 Speedwell Avenue, Morristown, New Jersey[2]
Coordinates40°48′50.976″N 74°28′49.7568″W / 40.81416000°N 74.480488000°W / 40.81416000; -74.480488000
Built1837
NRHP reference No.74001186[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 13, 1974[1]
Designated NHLMay 30, 1974[2]

Speedwell Ironworks was an ironworks in Speedwell Village, on Speedwell Avenue (part of U.S. Route 202), just north of downtown Morristown, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. At this site Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse first demonstrated their electric telegraph.[3] Speedwell Ironworks also provided most of the machinery for the SS Savannah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The site is still open to the public, and has seven buildings on display. The site, now named Historical Speedwell, is a historic site of the Morris County Park Commission.[4] It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974.[2]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "The Factory, Speedwell Village". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved October 20, 2007.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference nrhpinv2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Historic Speedwell | Morris County Parks". www.morrisparks.net.

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