Speedwell Ironworks
The Factory, Speedwell Village | |
The Factory House, birthplace of the Morse electric telegraph, pictured in 2006 | |
| Location | 333 Speedwell Avenue, Morristown, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°48′50.976″N 74°28′49.7568″W / 40.81416000°N 74.480488000°W |
| Built | 1837 |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001186 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 13, 1974 |
| Designated NHL | May 30, 1974 |
Speedwell Ironworks was an ironworks in Speedwell Village, on Speedwell Avenue (part of U.S. Route 202), just north of downtown Morristown, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. At this site Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse first demonstrated their electric telegraph. Speedwell Ironworks also provided most of the machinery for the SS Savannah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The site is still open to the public, and has seven buildings on display. The site, now named Historical Speedwell, is a historic site of the Morris County Park Commission. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974.