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Rittenhouse Town: Making Paper, Making History
October 21, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
On this HC Field Trip, we visit Historic RittenhouseTown for a tour of the grounds, including the 1707 Homestead, 1753 Bake House, and a papermaking workshop.
Established in 1690 along Paper Mill Run, a tributary of the Wissahickon Creek, the Rittenhouse Mill was the first paper mill in British North America. Around it, bloomed the early industrial community known as Rittenhouse Town. Working with rags from Germantown residents, the Rittenhouse Mill made paper that was sold to printers in nearby Germantown, Philadelphia and New York for use in Bibles and newspapers.
Join us in walking through the history and process of making paper by hand at Rittenhouse Town.
Meet at 208 Lincoln Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19144.
Questions, concerns, conundrums? Contact Hidden City project coordinator Alyssa Shea at ashea@hiddencityphila.org.