Sand-cast moulding - In the cast house, skilled Hopewell moulders produced over 80,000 stoves before the furnace reverted solely to pig iron production in 1844. Photo courtesy National Park Service.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission plaque for the DeTurk House, built in 1767 by John de Turk, son of Isaac de Turk, a Huguenot who settled in Berks County in 1712 and was one of a number of French Protestants who were pioneers in this part of Berks County.