Knight Foundry 75 images Created 3 Jun 2021
First pour of hot iron in the 21st century at the historic Knight Foundry, Sutter Creek, Calif., resulting in cast gray iron castings.
Historic Knight Foundry is a fixture in Sutter Creek since 1873 and is the last water-powered machine shop and foundry in the U.S. In the mid 2010s, the City of Sutter Creek received the deed, volunteers cleaned up the clutter of more than a century, the machine shop restored to full operation and in 2021, the cupola blast furnace was made ready, resulting in the first casting of gray iron in 25 years.
The first pour using the smaller of two cupola furnaces (small blast furnace), cast about 1800 pounds of iron into several fire box gratings for the Nevada Northern Railway, the letter “A” for a project at Amador High School, several weights used to hold the sand casting forms in place during pouring, a water gate wheel and several other small iron items.
Historic Knight Foundry is a fixture in Sutter Creek since 1873 and is the last water-powered machine shop and foundry in the U.S. In the mid 2010s, the City of Sutter Creek received the deed, volunteers cleaned up the clutter of more than a century, the machine shop restored to full operation and in 2021, the cupola blast furnace was made ready, resulting in the first casting of gray iron in 25 years.
The first pour using the smaller of two cupola furnaces (small blast furnace), cast about 1800 pounds of iron into several fire box gratings for the Nevada Northern Railway, the letter “A” for a project at Amador High School, several weights used to hold the sand casting forms in place during pouring, a water gate wheel and several other small iron items.
