Hopewell Furnace
Ironworks, Elverson, Pennsylvania.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Ironworks
- Where
- Elverson, Pennsylvania
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- Park
HOPEWELL FURNACE
Charcoal-fired iron furnace, founded about 1771, that returned briefly to significant production during the war, 1861-1865. Anthracite-fired mills made small charcoal furnaces obsolete, and Hopewell stopped in 1883.
Then
The charcoal-fired iron furnace, founded about 1771, returned briefly to significant production during the war.
Anthracite-fired mills made small charcoal furnaces obsolete, and Hopewell stopped in 1883.
Now
Park
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site preserves the iron plantation built around the charcoal-fired blast furnace.
The nearest railroad in service today is a line owned by Norfolk Southern, about 4 miles away.
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