Hopewell Village
Posted by: Gosffo
N 39° 46.773 W 076° 01.018
18S E 412912 N 4403784
A national park! Worth seeing!
Waymark Code: WM7GYD
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/25/2009
Views: 8
Marker Text: Forge built 1744 by Wm. Bird; furnace built 1770 by his son Mark. Furnace and other remains of an iron making community of the era, administered by the National Park Service, are about 3 miles away.
Marker Name: Hopewell Village
County: Chester
Date Dedicated: 08/05/1948
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Pa. 345 at Warwick, just N of junction Pa. 23
Category: Business & Industry, Furnaces, Iron
Website: [Web Link]
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