These are the moulder’s tools for packing the sand tightly into the mold.This mold shows the imprint of the part which will be cast of iron. Note the wooden frame and the tightly packed sand.These are examples of some of the cast iron pieces produced.A primary product was parts for the Franklin stove.Pig iron was cast by digging troughs in the furnace floor and pouring the molten iron into them. There would be a main trough with branches that looked like a sow with suckling pigs, hence the name pig iron. By English law, pig iron was supposed to be the only product the colonies made. It was to be shipped to England where it would be made into products and shipped back to the colonies for sale.During the Revolutionary war, Hopewell Furnace made cannon and cannon balls for the patriot’s navy, a treasonous activity.
