Park Statistics
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Established as a National Park Service area: August 3, 1938 Park Size: 848.06 acres Annual Visitation: 2005: 50,578 2011: 44,873 Annual Budget (fiscal year): 2008: $1,331,000 2012: $1,368,000
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Did You Know?
Iron, like that made at Hopewell Furnace, was the principal metal for use in most applications during the 18th and most of the 19th centuries. Only after the development of large scale production of steel through the Bessemer process did steel overtake iron as the common metal in most products.