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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 35

Recognizing Belleville, New Jersey, as the birthplace of the industrial

revolution in the United States.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 4, 1993

Mr. KLEIN submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred

to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

OCTOBER 7, 1994

Additional sponsors: Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas,

Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mr. MCHALE, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. PALLONE, Mr.

HUGHES, Mr. ANDREWS of New Jersey, Mr. SWETT, Mr. ROEMER, Mr.

KILDEE, Mr. NEAL of North Carolina, Mr. VOLKMER, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr.

MENENDEZ, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. CRAMER,

Mr. CHAPMAN, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. TUCKER, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. GEJDENSON, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. RUSH, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. WYNN, Mr. FRANK

of Massachusetts, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HAMBURG, Mrs.

MORELLA, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mrs. KENNELLY,

Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO ́, Mr. BREWSTER, Ms. DANNER, Mr. GUTIERREZ,

Mr. LAROCCO, Mr. COPPERSMITH, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. INSLEE, Mr.

BLILEY, Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas, Mr. FINGERHUT, Mr. REED, Mr.

TRAFICANT, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. PETERSON

of Florida, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. SHEPHERD, Mr. DIXON, Mrs. BYRNE, Mr.

FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. MORAN, Mr. WALSH, Ms. FURSE, Mr. VENTO, Mr.

GEKAS, Mrs. FOWLER, Mr. MANN, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. HOAGLAND, Ms.

SCHENK, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. DELAURO,

Ms. PELOSI, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. UNSOELD, Mr. BARCA of Wisconsin, Mr.

TORRICELLI, Mr. HOCHBRUECKNER, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. PASTOR, Mr.

RIDGE, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mrs. THURMAN,

Mr. FILNER, Mr. BEILENSON, Mr. BAESLER, Mr. KLINK, Mr. FRANKS

of New Jersey, Mr. FORD of Michigan, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr.

GORDON, Mr. LEHMAN, Mr. BACCHUS of Florida, Mr. BROWDER, Mr.

HILLIARD, Mr. BROWN of California, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. MINETA, Mr. WAXMAN, Mrs. MEEK, Mr. DARDEN,

Mr. DEAL, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. BARLOW, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. OLVER, Mr.

MINGE, Mr. PENNY, Mr. SABO, Mr. PARKER, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. FROST, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr.
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GENE GREEN of Texas, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. TORRES, Mr. BISHOP, Mr.

DELLUMS, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. SANGMEISTER, Mr. FIELDS of Louisiana,

Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. HOYER, Mr. CLAY, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. RICHARDSON,

Mr. HEFNER, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. VALENTINE, Mr. HALL

of Ohio, Mr. STOKES, Mr. BLACKWELL, Mr. HOLDEN, Ms. MARGOLIESMEZVINSKY, Mr. PICKLE, Mr. PAYNE of Virginia, Mr. SWIFT, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. STENHOLM, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. NADLER, Mr. OWENS, Mr.

PAYNE of New Jersey, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. ANDREWS of Maine, Mr.

POMEROY, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. FAZIO,

Mr. STARK, Mrs. MINK, Mr. POSHARD, Mr. MFUME, Mr. BONIOR, Ms.

SLAUGHTER, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. LANCASTER, Mr. ROSE, Mr. ANDREWS of Texas, Mr. BRYANT, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. TEJEDA, Mr. SCOTT,

Mr. DOOLEY, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. CONYERS,

Mr. LEVIN, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. CLEMENT,

Mr. COOPER, Mrs. LLOYD, Mr. WILSON, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. EDWARDS of

California, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. EVANS, Mr. STUDDS, Mr.

WHEAT, Mr. MANTON, Mr. KOPETSKI, Mr. KREIDLER, Mr. WISE, Mr.

KLECZKA, Mr. ZIMMER, Mr. EHLERS, Ms. ENGLISH of Arizona, Mr.

MAZZOLI, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. TANNER, Mr. DE LA GARZA, Mr.

MCDERMOTT, Mr. DE LUGO, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. SYNAR,

Ms. MOLINARI, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. STUPAK, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr.

LEWIS of California, Mr. WATT, Mr. ROWLAND, Mr. HAYES, Mr.

MCCLOSKEY, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. BEVILL,

Mr. HAMILTON, Mr. SHARP, and Mr. CARR of Michigan

OCTOBER 7, 1994

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service discharged; considered and agreed

to

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Recognizing Belleville, New Jersey, as the birthplace of the

industrial revolution in the United States.

Whereas, in 1753, Josiah Hornblower, an English engineer

who was an associate and rival of James Watt, assembled

the 1st functioning steam engine in the Western Hemisphere in Belleville, New Jersey, to pump water from the

Schuyler copper mines;

Whereas, approximately 40 years after such assembly, the 1st

steam engine made in the United States was manufac-
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tured in a foundry in Belleville from designs by Josiah

Hornblower;

Whereas the designs were commissioned by Nicholas Roosevelt, who was the great-uncle of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt, to power the Polacca,

which was the 1st experimental steamboat in the United

States;

Whereas the Polacca negotiated the Passaic River on October

21, 1798, which was several years before Robert Fulton’s

boat, Clermont, sailed the Hudson River;

Whereas historians herald the invention of the steam engine

as the beginning of the industrial revolution;

Whereas the presence of Josiah Hornblower in Belleville

brought many of the initiators of the industrial revolution

in the United States to Belleville;

Whereas such individuals included members of the Rutgers

family, many of whom are buried in the cemetery of the

old Dutch Reformed Church in Belleville; and

Whereas Belleville has a rightful claim to the title ‘‘Birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution’’: Now,

therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That—

3 (1) the Congress recognizes Belleville, New Jer4 sey, as the birthplace of the industrial revolution in

5 the United States; and
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1 (2) the President is authorized and requested to

2 issue a proclamation honoring Belleville as such

3 birthplace.

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