Hopewell Village, one of the finest examples of a rural American 19th century ironmaking village. Included in the park are the blast furnace, casting hosue and other related structures. Photo courtesy National Park Service.
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.
In rebuilding the Bertolet log cabin on the Boone Homestead near Reading, Pennsylvania, the massive size of the throat and chimney are very evident. Many similar appendages built in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries have a similar form and size. Photo courtesy Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
