John P. Holland’s First Submarine
was launched in 1878,
a one man craft with engine which after a series of trials was sunk in the Passaic River at this spot where she lay buried until raised in 1927 by a group of Paterson youths who presented her to the City of Paterson October 1, 1927.
This tablet is placed in the year 1932
by the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders in co-operation with
The Passaic County Historical Society
Marker is at the intersection of Front Street (County Route 666) and Wayne Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Front Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
