Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

Map of the US state of Pennsylvania showing the location of French Creek State Park
Location	Union Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Nearest city	Reading, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°11′55″N 75°46′32″W / 40.19861°N 75.77556°W / 40.19861; -75.77556Coordinates: 40°11′55″N 75°46′32″W / 40.19861°N 75.77556°W / 40.19861; -75.77556
Area	848 acres (343 ha)
Established	August 3, 1938
Visitors	49,980 (in 2005)
Governing body	National Park Service

Village at Hopewell Furnace in 2008.

Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site in southeastern Berks County, near Elverson, Pennsylvania, is an example of an American 19th century rural "iron plantation". The buildings include a blast furnace, the ironmaster's house and auxiliary structures including a blacksmith's shop, a company store and several worker's houses.

Hopewell Furnace was founded in 1771 by ironmaster Mark Bird for whom Birdsboro was named. The site's most prosperous time was during the 1820–1840 period with a brief boom in production during the American Civil War. In the mid 19th century changes in iron making, including a shift from charcoal to anthracite rendered smaller furnaces like Hopewell obsolete. The site discontinued operations in 1883.

Today, Hopewell Furnace consists of 14 restored structures in the core historic area, 52 features on the List of Classified Structures, and a total of 848 mostly wooded acres. Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site is surrounded by French Creek State Park on three sides and the State Game Lands to the south which preserves the lands the furnace utilized for its natural resources.

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Hopewell Furnace buildings and grounds
A wagon loaded with coal at Hopewell Furnace
Sample works produced at Hopewell Furnace
The Hopewell Furnace water wheel

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NPS National Historical Parks & Sites:	Allegheny Portage Railroad Edgar Allan Poe NHS Eisenhower NHS Friendship Hill NHS Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church NHS Hopewell Furnace NHS Independence NHP Steamtown NHS Valley Forge NHP

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