Long Pond Ironworks State Park

About Long Pond Ironworks State Park

The village is currently being researched and restored, waterwheels are being rebuilt and future plans require additional redevelopment work. Until now, Long Pond Ironworks, one of New Jersey's oldest and largest iron-processing plants, has been quietly located in the fast-flowing Wanaque River.

The German iron master Peter Hasenclever founded the Langteichhutte in 1766 and supplied the hydropower for the blast furnaces and large forges. In the early 19th century, he brought 500 ironworkers and their families from Germany to build the first ironworks in New Jersey and one of the largest in the United States.

Two more kilns were built in the 1860s, but the operation on the site was discontinued in 1871 due to the construction of a coal-fired anthracite kiln. Part of it is the old blast furnace, the largest of its kind in New Jersey and one of the oldest in America.

The original village of Hewitt was built in the 19th century and is currently being restored, several houses have been stabilized, a water wheel has been reconstructed, the Old Country Shop is being renovated and now houses the museum and the huts on the Long Pond. The settlement included a church, an inn and a number of other buildings, as well as a small farmhouse.

Many of the cultural resources are still intact and decaying, such as the Old Landladen, the church and the old Landladen, as well as a number of other buildings.

Members of the association Langteichhutten offer guided tours through the kiln area and the village. The museum is open for guided tours, and a member association, the National Association of Long Pond Cabins, is open by appointment all year round.

Take Union Valley Road (Route 513) off Route 23 for approximately one mile, turn right and travel approximately one mile. Parking is available at the parking lot Langer Teich Eisenhüttenstadt on the west side of the road, parking spaces are available.