Schuylkill River NHA - Elverson, PA
N 40° 12.418 W 075° 46.424
18T E 434153 N 4451015
Come for TWO cancellation stamps, stay for the earthcache. You can also get a Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site stamp for your Passport while you are here.
Waymark Code: WM38HG
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2008
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My visit to this National Historic Site was too short. Plan on spending 2 to 3 hours to enjoy each restored structure. There are audio "tour guides" for each building. With a push of a button, a narrator from a long ago era tells you the story and history of each structure. By actually listening and paying attention to all the history lessons you will have completed an earthcache called "Hopewell's Last Blast".
There are two passport cancellation stamps for your NPS Passport in the visitor center. The park rangers were really nice, helpful and very knowledgeable about the site & history. In the gift shop are all kinds of excellent items to purchase at very reasonable prices. Take a look at my pictures to get a flavor and understand why it is a must to visit this site.
My favorite places were the spring house, general store forging area and water wheel structure. For each building, there are interpretive displays to inform and teach. There is livestock all over the place and if you visit at the right time, there are staff dressed in period garb. Very cool!
This came from the NPS site: "Hot, smoky, noisy --- these words describe how Hopewell Furnace looked from 1771 to 1883. Hopewell and other "iron plantations" laid the foundations for America's iron and steel industry. Today, the site stands as an example of America's development during the industrial revolution. The historic buildings stand, open and inviting -- testaments to the strength and endurance of Hopewell's people."
You will also discover this place made weapons for our navy during the Revolutionary War which simply adds to the charm and history of this wonderful place.
Write to
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
2 Mark Bird Lane
Elverson, Pennsylvania 19520
E-mail Us
Phone
Visitor Information
(610) 582-8773
Fax
(610) 582-2768
Address:
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
2 Mark Bird Lane
Elverson, PA USA
19520
NPS Web Page for this Station: [Web Link]
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