Monmouth County has a rich history dating to colonial times when generous land grants
created unprecedented opportunity for ambitious, well-connected English gentlemen.
Tinton Falls at Sycamore Avenue and Swimming River Road
Named after an estate in Monmouthshire, Wales, Tintern (now Tinton) was the site of one of the earliest iron works in America. Established in 1680, the iron mill and forge were powered by what was then the highest water fall along the Atlantic Coast. Labor was provided by white indentured servants and 60-70 African slaves imported from Barbados by owner Colonel Lewis Morris, whose heir was New Jersey’s Governor of the same name.
The falls have diminished and the Tinton Iron Works are long gone but you can find out more:
The Monmouth Muse 