Hopewell`s main business was making iron products. It also operated a farm to sustain its iron business and its workers. Demonstrations of sheep shearing, wool processing, cooking and other handwork highlights the iron plantation`s self-sufficiency and reliance on its farm. more...
Battalion Day was a day of rendezvous for men of military age during the first half of the 19th century. more...
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Charcoal, sometimes still smoldering from its recent manufacture, was first placed under the "Cooling Shed" and allowed to lower in temperature before being shoveled into the "Charcoal House". This helped guard against accidental fire that could consume all of Hopewell Furnace's fuel.