Talk:Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

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Explanation of 25 August 2019 Edits
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This is an explanation of several edits I made to the top of the Hopewell article:

The first paragraph contained "blast furnace" but linked to "bloomery;" this was changed to link to "blast furnace," since the site clearly contained a furnace and never a bloomery.

The modified first paragraph expands the list of noted structures to give a better overview of the significant restored structures of interest at the site.

The previous representative photo was of the anthracite furnace ruins. This is changed to the more representative photo of the overall furnace group. The AH was only present for a few years and was an economic failure, being dismantled, and is of little relevance to the overall site. In addition, the photo shows ruins, which misrepresents the majority of the site, which is restored. The AH ruins photo was moved to the gallery.

Comments are welcome. Brianschmult (talk) 12:46, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

Explanation of 26 August 2019 Edits
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I changed the founding date from 1771 to c. 1771, as there as no known evidence for an exact year, although Walker and Robinson Associates conclude "about" or "probably" 1771. The date range is constrained by the apparent land purchase in 1769 and the oldest known product with a cast-in date of 1772.

I made several edits to the References and External Links sections. First, there were 2 EL sections, without an apparent reason, and in conflict with the MOS statement that all section names should be unique within an article. I merged the two. Second, there were two links (Refs and EL) to the same NPS Administrative History document; I removed the one in EL. Finally, I changed the caption for this document to its actual title. These sections may need more work, particularly for the addition of Walker, I'm thinking about it.

Brianschmult (talk) 13:36, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

Reconfiguration of Gallery
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I have redone the photo gallery, replacing most, but not all, of the previous photos. I left the old links as comments as a reference to what was there.

The principle is to show a single representative photo of the most important structures, based on the function of the place (smelting), while trying to minimize the number of photos, consistent with the MOS, which discourages excessive galleries, especially with photos high in proportion to text, and the article is currently light on text.

The first (village) photo was replaced for being long on grass and fence, and short on structures.

The reasons for the removals are as follows:  Anthracite - not very relevant to site, only operating a few years. Piano - Too narrow a topic, especially with nothing about the mansion. Coal wagon - too narrow a topic. Plates stacked up: rather non-descript compared to stove, plus unclear that all are actually HF products or reproductions. Race/wheel house - not a significant structure compared to others. Dam - Better on significance, but perhaps run out of space. Restore in future depending on layout, text ratio, etc. 

Brianschmult (talk) 00:59, 11 September 2019 (UTC)