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- Address:2 Mark Bird Lane · Elverson, PA · 19520
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Imported descriptionHopewell Furnace showcases an early American landscape of industrial operations from 1771-1883, Hopewell and other "iron plantations" laid the foundation for the transformation of the United States into an industrial giant for the time. The park's 848 acres and historic structures illustrate the business, technology and lifestyle of our growing nation.
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From Wikipedia
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site in southeastern
Berks County, near Elverson, Pennsylvania,
is an example of an American 19th century rural iron plantation, whose operations were
based around a charcoal-fired cold-blast iron blast furnace.
The significant restored structures include the furnace group
(blast furnace, water wheel, blast machinery, cast house and charcoal house), as well as the ironmaster's house, a company store, the blacksmith's shop, a barn and several worker's houses.
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