Passaic
Encyclopedia
In New Jersey
- Passaic, New JerseyPassaic, New JerseyPassaic is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 69,781, maintaining its status as the 15th largest municipality in New Jersey with an increase of 1,920 residents from the 2000 Census population of 67,861...
, a city in Passaic County - Passaic County, New JerseyPassaic County, New JerseyPassaic County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 501,226. Its county seat is Paterson...
- Passaic RiverPassaic RiverThe Passaic River is a mature surface river, approximately 80 mi long, in northern New Jersey in the United States. The river in its upper course flows in a highly circuitous route, meandering through the swamp lowlands between the ridge hills of rural and suburban northern New Jersey,...
, a river in northern New Jersey - Glacial Lake PassaicGlacial Lake PassaicGlacial Lake Passaic was a prehistoric proglacial lake that existed in northern New Jersey in the United States at the end of the last ice age approximately 19,000-14,000 years ago...
, a prehistoric proglacial lake
Historical events
- 1926 Passaic Textile Strike1926 Passaic Textile StrikeThe 1926 Passaic Textile Strike was a work stoppage by over 15,000 woolen mill workers in and around Passaic, New Jersey over wage issues in several factories in the vicinity...
, a year-long work stoppage by over 15,000 woolen mill workers - The Passaic Textile Strike (film)The Passaic Textile Strike (film)The Passaic Textile Strike is a 1926 American silent film directed by Samuel Russak. The film was produced to raise public awareness and financial support for the 1926 Passaic Textile Strike, which involved over 15,000 New Jersey textile mill workers in a work stoppage lasting more than a year...
, a 1926 silent movie made to generate public moral and financial support for striking textile workers
Ships
- USS Passaic (1862)USS Passaic (1862)- External links :***...
, a single turreted, coastal monitor - USS Passaic (YT-20), a harbor tugboat commissioned USS Pontiac (YT-20)USS Pontiac (YT-20)USS Pontiac was a harbor tugboat purchased by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was assigned to the New York harbor area and performed her towing tasks there until war’s end. Post-war she was found to be excess to needs and sold....
- USS Passaic (AN-87), a Cohoes-class net laying ship