Roebling Museum — Attraction in Florence Township

I was procrastinating as hard as possible, as one does when they need to get work done and their wife is out of town. With no guard rails on wasting time I found myself here, at the Roebling museum. What caught my eye was block after block of uniform housing, opening up to a yard with a massive metal wheel. The wheel was the centerpiece of a collection of steel structures. Wheels are pretty cool, so I pulled over to find out what this wheel was about. I walked the yard where all this gargantuan factory equipment was strewn about, completely dwarfed by a forest of rusting metal - and I had to know more. Turns out this wasn’t an art thing but a museum. The museum, which was the former gatehouse to the massive factory, was a well-produced showcase of this company town I had never heard of until I drove upon it. You go through the exhibit and can see two things - the first was that Roebling (the one that built the mill and town) seemingly really cared about his employees. He wasn’t trying to build a utopia, he really seemed to want to give his people a good deal to get the best workforce. He paid his people fairly and with cash (not in company scrip), built them solid housing (especially when compared to the coal camps from my home state), and let them live their lives. The second thing is that the same care received by the employees was reciprocated to the company and Roebling. Reciprocated in the collective drive of its workers to propel the company and the country forward- a drive that is still felt, over a decade after the mill’s demolition. It was humbling to stand in the shadow of this town’s contribution to the country. This place is truly incredible, I wish I could have seen it in its prime....

We love this small museum! The Roebling story is amazing, and the more you know about the family and their achievements, the more interesting it becomes. The museum is not too visible from the road, but once you pass the gates, they have a good amount of parking. The building itself is is nicely organized, with well-constructed and informative displays spread out among the various rooms. One of my favorite things is a painting of the view from (what is now) a main door; it shows you what was there when the complex was full of large industrial buildings. They even discuss how the town was one of the first "factory towns" in America. I definitely recommend this museum for young and old. It's definitely...

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