During the Revolutionary War Era, there were three forges along the Pequannock River in what is now Kinnelon Borough, as well as a furnace and village. [1] These iron works played an important role in the Revolution.
The plaque reads:
"Great Charlotteburg Furnace Tract -
1765
In this area, Peter Hasenclever built Iron Works for the American Company. Operations of furnace and three forges. Later managed by John Jacob Faesch and Robert Erskine." [2]
See the Rockaway Township page for information about the Manor House of John Jacob Faesch.
Sources:
1.^ Mark Di Ionno A Guide To New Jersey's Revolutionary War Trail ( New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2000) p.100 -101.
