Iron lies piled outside the cast house at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site near Philadelphia. Hopewell Furnace, which was founded in 1771, is preserved as a typical metal casting operation as would have been found in contemporary Pennsylvania and is probably similar in nature to the foundry where John Pass and John Stow recast the Liberty Bell.

** Photo Credit: Peter West, National Science Foundation

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