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Item Title
Knight Foundry, Sutter Creek, Amador County, CA
Location
Sutter Creek, CA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CA-179
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. BACKSIDE OF FOUNDRY FROM NORTH LOOKING SOUTHWEST. STABLES CARRIAGE HOUSE ON RIGHT, COKE STORAGE YARD MIDDLE GROUND, FOUNDRY BACKGROUND.
2. BACKSIDE VIEW, COKE SHED MIDDLE, SCRAP STORAGE LEFT, BOLTS PIPE STORAGE RIGHT.
3. INTERIOR COKE STORAGE SHED.
4. ELEVATION LOOKING EAST COKE STORAGE AND SCALES.
5. WATER POWERED TUMBLER AT BACK OF CUPOLA BUILDING NOTE LINE SHAFTING AND BELT DRIVES ON RIGHT.
6. PUMP ENGINE DETAIL FOR DRIVING TUMBLING MACHINE.
7. INTERIOR VIEW, PATTERN MAKING WORK BENCH AREA WEST WALL LOOKING WEST LATHE ON LEFT DELTA BAND SAW LEFT, DELTA 6' JOINTS AND DELTA TABLE SAW ON RIGHT.
8. INTERIOR VIEW, PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF WORKBENCH AREA LOOKING NORTHWEST
9. INTERIOR VIEW, NORTHEAST CORNER OF PATTERN WORK SHOP, PATTERN STORAGE FOR GEARS, SHIMS, ETC..
10. INTERIOR VIEW, POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM WATER TURBINE ENGINE ON LEFT FOR RUNNING OF MACHINE SHOP
11. INTERIOR VIEW, VIEW SOUTH MACHINE SHOP INTERIOR FROM PATTERN MAKING AREA
12. DETAIL 18' WATER TURBINE, DRIVING PLANER
13. VIEW LOOKING EAST. BLACKSMITH SHOP PIPE STORAGE, PATTERN STORAGE IN DISTANCE.
14. PATTERN STORAGE AND SAND BINS LOOKING SOUTHEAST.
15. SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MACHINE SHOP BUILDING. PLAQUES AND WATER IMPELLER. ROLLER PROBABLY FOR BENDING PIPE.
16. PIPE MAKING BUILDING LOOKING NORTHEAST.
17. ELEVATION PATTERN STORAGE LOOKING SOUTH.
18. BLACKSMITH SHOP LOOKING SOUTH/SOUTHWEST.
19. SWIMMING DAM ON SUTTER CREEK UPSTREAM FROM KNIGHT FOUNDRY.
20. VIEW LOOKING WEST DOWN EUREKA STREET, MAIN FOUNDRY BUILDING ON RIGHT JUST PAST BROADWAY ST., PIPE SHOP ON FAR RIGHT, FOUNDRY SUPPLY BUILDING FAR LEFT WITH YARD CRANE IN FOREGROUND.
21. LOOKING NORTHWEST AT MAIN FOUNDRY BUILDING CORNER OF BROADWAY AND EUREKA STREET.
22. LOOKING NORTHEAST AT FOUNDRY BUILDING. CLOSED DOORS ON LEFT ARE TO MACHINE SHOP, LARGE OPEN DOOR TO THE FOUNDRY, AND THE SMALL OPEN DOOR ON RIGHT TO CORE ROOM.
23. LOOKING NORTH INTO FOUNDRY BUILDING WITH FOUNDRY CRANE INSIDE LARGE DOOR. THE CORE ROOM IS INSIDE THE SMALL DOOR ON THE RIGHT. CARL BORGH IN MAIN DOOR WEARING WHITE SHIRT.
24. LOOKING NORTH INTO FOUNDRY BUILDING WITH FOUNDRY CRANE INSIDE LARGE DOOR. THE CORE ROOM IS INSIDE THE SMALL DOOR ON THE RIGHT.
25. FROM SOUTH DOORWAY TO FOUNDRY FLOOR-GENERAL VIEW OF CRANE, TWO CUPOLAS, & MOLDS.
26. LOOKING NORTHEAST AT FOUNDRY COMPLEX INCLUDING OFFICE ON LEFT, MACHINE SHOP IN CENTER AND FOUNDRY'S PIPE SHOP IN BACKGROUND.
27. OPEN DITCH ON SHAKE RIDGE ROAD ACROSS FROM THE AMADOR WATER AGENCY. DITCH LEADS TO PENSTOCK GIVING 500' HEAD OF WATER TO KNIGHT FOUNDRY. VIEW IS TOWARD NORTHWEST KNIGHT FOUNDRY IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL IN THE BACKGROUND BEYOND THE RIDGE.
28. SHOP FLOOR FROM WEST SIDE, CUPOLA LEFT FOREGROUND, CRANE ON RIGHT, LOADED FLASKS IN CENTER. VIEW IS TO THE EAST.
29. KNIGHT WATER TURBINE POWERED GRINDER ON NORTH SIDE OF FOUNDRY SHOP FLOOR.
30. GRINDER POWERED BY KNIGHT WATER POWERED IMPULSE TURBINE IN OPERATION BY JASON BREKKE.
31. FLOOR MOLDING PROCESS. THE WORKER IS 'PARTING DOWN' THE MOULDING SAND TO REMOVE THE PATTERN FROM THE FLASK LOADED WITH SAND. WORKER: GEORGE URIARTE.
32. INTERIOR VIEW OF CORE ROOM. CORE STOCK RACKS IN CENTER, CORE FURNACE ON LEFT. VIEW IS LOOKING NORTHEAST.
33. FOUNDRY SHOP FLOOR TO THE NORTHWEST. MULLER FOR MIXING 'FACING SAND' TO ASSIST IN RELEASING THE PATTERN FROM THE MOULD IS ON LEFT, CRANE LEFT CENTER, CUPOLAS IN BACKGROUND, WORKER 'PARTING DOWN' A MOULD. CHARGING PLATFORM IS ABOVE CUPOLAS.
34. LOADING STATION FOR FLASKS. LOADING PATTERN AND SAND INTO FLASK.
35. RUSSELL JOHNSON FILTERING SAND INTO FLASK.
36. RUSSELL JOHNSON TAMPING SAND INTO FLASK.
37. 42' KNIGHT WATER IMPULSE TURBINE, THE MAIN POWER SOURCE FOR THE FOUNDRY MACHINERY.
38. WATER IMPULSE TURBINE POWERED AIR COMPRESSOR. 18' WHEEL
39. TWO KNIGHT LATHES IN SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MACHINE SHOP - BELT DRIVEN BY WATER POWER. MANUFACTURED AT THE FOUNDRY.
40. TWO KNIGHT LATHES IN SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MACHINE SHOP - BELT DRIVEN BY WATER POWER. MANUFACTURED AT THE FOUNDRY.
41. WATER POWERED KNIGHT DRILL PRESS; WEST WALL. MANUFACTURED AT THE FOUNDRY.
42. KNIGHT & CO. PLANER DATED 1882.
43. MACHINE SHOP LOOKING SOUTHWEST. ROPE DRIVEN LATHE IN FOREGROUND, DRILL PRESS RIGHT FOREGROUND, VARIOUS MACHINERY BACKGROUND.
44. KNIGHT WATER IMPULSE TURBINES 12'. THESE TWO TURBINES ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE THAT POWER THE FOUNDRY AND ENABLE PRODUCTION OF CAST MACHINERY PARTS SUCH AS THOSE IN THE BACKGROUND, RECENTLY MADE FOR RESTORING RAILROAD TURNTABLES IN CAMINO, FOLSOM, PLACERVILLE, AND PARIS, CALIFORNIA.
45. MACHINE SHOP NORTH/NORTHEAST INCLUDING OVERHEAD LINE SHAFTING. MOSTLY BELT DRIVEN WITH ONE ROPE DRIVEN LATHE IN MIDDLE GROUND. POWER COMES FROM KNIGHT TURBINE ON FAR WALL SHOWN IN K-77, 78 (42')
LOOKING NORTHEAST AT FOUNDRY BUILDING. CLOSED DOORS ON LEFT ARE TO MACHINE SHOP, LARGE OPEN DOOR TO THE FOUNDRY, AND THE SMALL OPEN DOOR ON RIGHT TO CORE ROOM.
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