Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
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.
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Hopewell Furnace stove, 10-plate cooking model, with a lower firebox and upper oven for baking.
Image: Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site Pennsylvania (5655621430)
Image: NPS sign Hopewell Furnace Cold blast Charcoal Furnace
Berks County, Pennsylvania
Berks County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 428,849. The county seat is Reading, the fourth-most populous city in the state. The county is part of the South Central Pennsylvania region of the state.
Reading, the largest city in the county and fourth-largest in Pennsylvania, in October 2010
I-78/US Route 22 eastbound in Berks County
Berks County Courthouse in Reading
A farm in Windsor Township in January 2008