Completion Report: Restoration of the Water Wheel, Blast Machinery, and West Head Race
Cass J and Hugins WE. 1952. Completion Report: Restoration of the Water Wheel, Blast Machinery, and West Head Race. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Hopewell Furnace showcases an early American industrial landscape from natural resource extraction to enlightened conservation. Operating from 1771-1883, Hopewell and other "iron plantations" laid the foundation for the transformation of the United States into an industrial giant. The park's 848 acres and historic structures illustrate the business, technology and lifestyle of our growing nation. This report, a senior thesis, concerns the restoration of the Water Wheel, Blast Machinery, and West Head Race at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site. This report details, with photographs and narrative, the restoration of various instruments involved in the ironmaking process. The author concludes that the completion as a living exhibit of this vital element of a typical Colonial ironmaking community has added immeasurably to the successful interpretation of its historical significance.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Cass, James; Hugins, Walter
- Date of Issue
- 1952-08-01
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- HOFU , NER
- Keywords
- blast machinery, industrialism, iron making, ironwork, reconstruction, restoration