The Gun Foundry

This building was built in 1861 to cast cannons for the Confederate Government. One of the reasons Richmond became the capital of the Confederacy was its ability to produce arms, clothing, paper, and other essentials for the Confederate government, army, ...

Altaville Foundry & Machine Works

Founded by J.M. Wooster

Is the site of the longest running continuously operated foundry west of the Mississippi River. All quartz machinery needed for the numerous mines surrounding the Altaville, Angels Camp area was cast here. It was previously known ...

Miners Foundry – Allans Machine Shop

Founded 1856

This original brick building in continuous usage as a foundry for over 110 years. Famous Pelton Waterwheel developed and manufactured here in 1878. Ingenious double-cupped bucket designed by Lester A. Pelton of Camptonville and Nevada City. It became the ...

Bellona Foundry

Gun and gun mold recovered by C. Merle Luck from the James River on August 18, 1962 having been put there during Col. Dahlgren's Raid during the Civil War.

Marker is on Old Gun Road, on the right when traveling west. ...

Knight Foundry

Knight Foundry was established in 1873 to supply heavy equipment and repair facilities to the gold mines and timber industry of the Mother Lode. Samuel N. Knight developed a high speed, cast iron water wheel which was a forerunner of ...

Meneely Foundry

Meneely Foundry

1826 - 1950 First Chime &

Carillon in U.S. Cast Here

Foremost Bell Maker

Patented Rotary Yoke And

Casting Procedures.

Marker is on Broadway, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Foundry

Oxford

Industrial Historic

District

Site #5

Foundry

Produced train car

wheels in the mid

1800s.

Marker is on Washington Avenue near Cinder Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

American Brake Shoe Foundry

& Ramapo Valley Road Bridge

On August 25, 1781 during the historic 600-mile march to what was the Revolutionary War’s decisive Battle of Yorktown, Gen. Rochambeau’s army was forced to ford this river because the bridge that was here was ...