Charcoal was the fuel used to fire Hopewell Furnace and other furnaces of its age. Thousands of bushles of charcoal were made from hardwood trees on the furnace lands and entered into the furnace to keep it "in blast."
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Hopewell Furnace
2 Mark Bird Lane, Elverson, Pennsylvania 19520 USA