RittenhouseTown
RittenhouseTown was an early industrial community where the first paper mill in British North America was built by William Rittenhouse and his son Nicholas on the north bank of Monoshone Creek near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Flax was woven into linen in nearby Germantown. When the linen fabrics were worn out, the rags were brought to Rittenhouse Town to be made into paper. Paper produced at the Rittenhouse mill was sold to printers in Germantown, Philadelphia, and New York. In 1890, RittenhouseTown became part of the Germantown section of Philadelphia.