


Hopewell Furnace in the American Revolution - Hopewell ...
Feb 26, 2015· Iron workers casting a cannon at Hopewell Furance during the Revolutionary War. NPS Illustration. In 1771 Hopewell Furnace went into blast for the first time. By that same year America was well on the way to revolution. America's iron industry was then producing some 15% of the world's supply of iron, more than was being smelted in Great Britain.
