Speedwell Ironworks was an ironworks in Speedwell Village, on Speedwell Avenue, 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.
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Official Website https://morristourism.org/history/industrial-revolution/historic-speedwell
Phone +1 973 285 6550
Address 333 Speedwell Ave, Morristown, NJ 07960, USA
Coordinates 40°48'46.854" N -74°28'49.457" E