Adventure: 051, Site 127 –
Altaville Foundry and Machine Works
Local Registry ID: Unnumbered
Team: Thing One, Thing Two
Date: September 27, 2012
Location:
Latitude:
38° 4.775′ N
Longitude: 120° 33.308′ W
Address: On Highway 49, Altaville
I think by now Thing One and Thing Two
were going marker crazy. They thought they had bagged the marker for
Altaville, instead it was the historical marker denoting the core of
Altaville's prosperity—the Foundry and machine Works.
Inscription From HMDB:
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 as Altaville Foundry and Machine Works, Calavaras Iron & Steel Co., and lastly California Electric Steel Co. Previous owners: D.D. Demarest & T.H. Fullen, 1860, Lawrence Monte Verde & Demarest Family 1892, Lawrence Monte Verde Family 1928.
The State Landmark for Altaville, 288, notes that: Altaville has been the foundry town of Calaveras County since D. D. Demerest established a foundry there in 1854. Most of the stamp mills and a large part of the mining machinery erected in Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties were built at the Altaville Foundry. A brick schoolhouse was built at Altaville in 1858 and the townsite was established in 1873.
References:
- Historical
Marker Database (HMDB.org)
- Waymarking
Overall Landmark References:
- Historical
Marker Database (HMDB)
- WayMarking
(WAY)
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