First Iron

Gulf and Western - Pennsylvania Malleable Division

Landis Foundry

Watts - Franklin Facility

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry

Lodge Manufacturing

Seneca Foundry

Grede Iron Mountain

International Harvester - Memphis Nodular Iron Foundry

Landis Tool Company

Iowa Malleable Iron Co.

Progressive Foundry

Buick Aluminum Foundry

General Electric - Erie Foundries

Central Foundry Pontiac Plant

Bonnot Foundry

Star Pipe USA

Harvester Foundry

Grede - Iron Mountain

Lynchburg Foundry Company - Archer Creek

Warman Equipment

Donegal Steel Foundry

Grinnell Company, Inc.

John Deere Waterloo Foundry

Ford Cleveland Casting Plant

Casting Ros S.A.

Nibco - Blytheville

The Weatherhead Co. Brass Mill

The Williamson Heater Co.

John Deere Waterloo

Saginaw Malleable Iron Plant

Kaiser Company, Inc.

John Deere Waterloo - Electric Foundry

CFD Tonawanda (1954)

CFD Tonawanda (1965)

Chevrolet Foundry, Plant 3

Richmond Casting Co.

Richmond's Foundry

Bahn Foundry Corporation

Fairbanks Morse Co.

Kelsey Hayes Wheel Co.

John Deere Foundry Waterloo

Yonkers Works

C.F.D. Tonawanda

C.F.D. Saginaw Line 6

Crane Co.

U.S. Steel

Lynchburg Foundry Company

Viking Pump

Grinnell Corp.

Wagner Havana

John Deere Component Works Foundry

International Harvester - Memphis Iron Works

  • Gulf and Western - Pennsylvania Malleable Division

    Facility:
    Gulf and Western

    Address:
    Landisville, PA

    Year Est.:
    1969

    Year Closed:
    1989

    Item Description:
    First Heat - electric foundry, at the Pennsylvanial Malleable Plant in, Landisville, PA

  • Landis Foundry

    Facility:
    Landis Tool Company

    Address:
    Wanynesboro, PA

    Year Est.:
    1897

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    1942 Commemorative Casting celebrating the opening of the new foundry.

  • Watts - Franklin Facility

    Facility:
    Watts Franklin Facility

    Address:
    Franklin, NH

    Year Est.:
    1959

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    Lead free foundry opening on June 21, 2013.

  • Charlotte Pipe and Foundry

    Facility:
    Charlotte Pipe and Foundry

    Address:
    Oakboro, NC

    Year Est.:
    1901

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    2023 First Pour at the new Charlotte Pipe and Foundry facility in Oakboro, North Carolina in Spring 2023.

  • Lodge Manufacturing

    Facility:
    Lodge Manufacturing

    Address:
    South Pittsburg, TN

    Year Est.:
    1896

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    2015-2016 Foundry Expansion Commemorative Pan

  • Seneca Foundry

    Facility:
    Seneca Foundry

    Address:
    Webster City, IA

    Year Est.:
    1935

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Molds Poured, Hunter HLH-10 Mold Handling System, May 26th, 2022

  • Grede Iron Mountain

    Facility:
    Grede Iron Mountain

    Address:
    Kingsford, MI

    Year Est.:
    1947

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Iron Poured Ashtray

  • International Harvester - Memphis Nodular Iron Foundry

    Facility:
    International Harvester - Memphis Nodular Iron Foundry

    Address:
    Memphis, TN

    Year Est.:
    April 12, 1948

    Year Closed:
    February 27, 1981

    Item Description:
    Casting to celebrate the startup of an electric melt upgrade, June 1972.

  • Landis Tool Company

    Facility:
    Landis Tool Company

    Address:
    Waynesboro, PA

    Year Est.:
    1890

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    Casting to celebrate a new foundry in 1942.

  • Iowa Malleable Iron Co.

    Facility:
    Iowa Malleable Iron Company

    Address:
    Fairfield, IA

    Year Est.:
    Aug 6, 1903

    Year Closed:
    Dec 5, 1994

    Item Description:
    A first pour casting commemorating the start of a new "state of the art" ductile foundry on June 19, 1991.

  • Progressive Foundry

    Facility:
    Progressive Foundry

    Address:
    Perry, IA

    Year Est.:
    1916

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    Gray and Ductile Castings, Cupola to Electric Melt conversion, January, 2002.

  • Buick Aluminum Foundry

    Facility:
    Buick Foundry

    Address:
    Flint, MI

    Year Est.:
    1942

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Production Run, Buick Aluminum Foundry, July 17, 1942

  • General Electric - Erie Foundries

    Facility:
    General Electric Erie Foundries

    Address:
    Erie, PA

    Year Est.:
    N/A

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Melt, Electric Furnace. 1963

  • Central Foundry Pontiac Plant

    Facility:
    CFD Pontiac

    Address:
    Pontiac, MI

    Year Est.:
    1937

    Year Closed:
    1987

    Item Description:
    1st cast R.M.I.P., February, 1980. R.W. Herr, Manager.

  • Bonnot Foundry

    Facility:
    Bonnot Foundry

    Address:
    Canton, OH

    Year Est.:
    1851

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First pour casting, May, 1968

  • Star Pipe USA

    Facility:
    Star Pipe USA

    Address:
    Coffeyville, KS

    Year Est.:
    1919

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First pour, New DISA line, 1/18/2020

  • Harvester Foundry

    Facility:
    Harvester Foundry

    Address:
    Milwaukee, WI

    Year Est.:
    1911

    Year Closed:
    1971

    Item Description:
    First Heat, February 28, 1911.

  • Grede - Iron Mountain

    Facility:
    Grede - Iron Mountain

    Address:
    Kingsford, Michigan,

    Year Est.:
    1947

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Iron Poured, Jan 13, 1947.

  • Lynchburg Foundry Company - Archer Creek

    Facility:
    Lynchburg Foundry Company - Archer Creek

    Address:
    Lynchburg, VA

    Year Est.:
    1974

    Year Closed:
    2009

    Item Description:
    First pour, Archer Creek Facility, September 7, 1974.

  • Warman Equipment

    Facility:
    Warman Equipment

    Address:
    Australia

    Year Est.:
    1938

    Year Closed:
    Acquired by Weir in 1999

    Item Description:
    First Metal Cast at the Artarmon Foundry, July 30th, 1969

  • Donegal Steel Foundry

    Facility:
    Donegal Steel Foundry

    Address:
    Pennsylvania

    Year Est.:
    N/A

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Induction Heat, Oct. 6, 1964

  • Grinnell Company, Inc.

    Facility:
    Grinnell Company, Inc.

    Address:
    Phillipsburg, N.J.

    Year Est.:
    1856

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Iron at Warren Foundry,1921.

  • John Deere Waterloo Foundry

    Facility:
    John Deere Waterloo Foundry

    Address:
    Waterloo, IA

    Year Est.:
    1972

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Iron of molding unit 804 in 2013.

  • Ford Cleveland Casting Plant

    Facility:
    Ford Cleveland Casting Plant

    Address:
    Brook Park, Ohio

    Year Est.:
    1952

    Year Closed:
    2010

    Item Description:
    Ford Cleveland Casting Plant – First Iron Poured on a Disamatic Mold Line 7. 1986

  • Casting Ros S.A.

    Facility:
    Casting Ros S.A.

    Address:
    Utrillas, Spain

    Year Est.:
    1991

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Melt, May 19, 1993.

  • Nibco - Blytheville

    Facility:
    Nibco - Blytheville

    Address:
    Blytheville, Arkansas

    Year Est.:
    1904

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Melt, November 10, 1975.

  • The Weatherhead Co. Brass Mill

    Facility:
    The Weatherhead Co. Brass Mill

    Address:
    Cleveland, Ohio

    Year Est.:
    1919

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Cast Billet, May, 1965.

  • The Williamson Heater Co.

    Facility:
    The Williamson Heater Co.

    Address:
    Greensburg, Indiana

    Year Est.:
    1911

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Heat, February 16, 1943.

  • John Deere Waterloo

    Facility:
    John Deere Electric Foundry

    Address:
    Waterloo, IA

    Year Est.:
    1972

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Ductile Iron and patterns. December 18, 1991.

  • Saginaw Malleable Iron Plant

    Facility:
    Saginaw Malleable Iron Plant

    Address:
    Saginaw, MI

    Year Est.:
    1917

    Year Closed:
    2007

    Item Description:
    World's Largest Coreless Induction Furnace, First Iron Poured, July 25, 1969.

  • Kaiser Company, Inc.

    Facility:
    Kaiser Company, Inc.

    Address:
    Fontana, California

    Year Est.:
    1942

    Year Closed:
    1983

    Item Description:
    First Pig Iron, January 1, 1943.

  • John Deere Waterloo - Electric Foundry

    Facility:
    John Deere Electric Foundry

    Address:
    Waterloo, IA

    Year Est.:
    1972

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Pour, 1973.

  • CFD Tonawanda (1954)

    Facility:
    CFD Tonawanda

    Address:
    Tonawanda, NY

    Year Est.:
    1937

    Year Closed:
    1984

    Item Description:
    First Iron Poured, September 24, 1954

  • CFD Tonawanda (1965)

    Facility:
    CFD Tonawanda

    Address:
    Tonawanda, NY

    Year Est.:
    1937

    Year Closed:
    1984

    Item Description:
    First Iron Poured with Water Wall Cupolas, July 22, 1965.

  • Chevrolet Foundry, Plant 3

    Facility:
    Chevrolet Foundry, Plant 3

    Address:
    Saginaw, Michigan

    Year Est.:
    1919

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Iron Chevrolet Foundry Plant 3, June 14, 1948.

  • Richmond Casting Co.

    Facility:
    Richmond Casting Co.

    Address:
    1775 Rich Rd, Richmond, IN 47374

    Year Est.:
    N/A

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Pour in new foundry, March 1, 2000.

  • Richmond's Foundry

    Facility:
    Richmond's Foundry

    Address:
    Warrington & London, UK

    Year Est.:
    1907

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    Memento of First Cast. New foundry. Feb. 21, 1907.

  • Bahn Foundry Corporation

    Facility:
    Bahn Foundry Corporation

    Address:
    N/A

    Year Est.:
    1965

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Heat, June 14, 1965.

  • Fairbanks Morse Co.

    Facility:
    Fairbanks Morse Co.

    Address:
    Beloit, WI

    Year Est.:
    1885

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Brass Casting made, November 26, 1907.

  • Kelsey Hayes Wheel Co.

    Facility:
    Kelsey Hayes Wheel Co.

    Address:
    Springfield, OH

    Year Est.:
    1927

    Year Closed:
    1996

    Item Description:
    First Iron Poured, August, 1935.

  • John Deere Foundry Waterloo

    Facility:
    John Deere Waterloo Foundry

    Address:
    Waterloo, IA

    Year Est.:
    1918

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Iron, 1977.

  • Yonkers Works

    Facility:
    Yonkers Works

    Address:
    Yonkers, NY

    Year Est.:
    1943

    Year Closed:
    ?

    Item Description:
    First Cast Aluminum Foundry, Nov. 1, 1943.

  • C.F.D. Tonawanda

    Facility:
    CFD Tonawanda

    Address:
    Tonawanda, NY

    Year Est.:
    1937

    Year Closed:
    1984

    Item Description:
    Last Iron Poured, June 1984

  • C.F.D. Saginaw Line 6

    Facility:
    CFD Saginaw

    Address:
    Saginaw, MI

    Year Est.:
    1919

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Aluminum Poured, June 1995

  • Crane Co.

    Facility:
    Crane Co.

    Address:
    1000 North 12th Avenue, Washington, IA 52353

    Year Est.:
    1855

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Iron Poured, December 10, 1968

  • U.S. Steel

    Facility:
    US Steel

    Address:
    Universal, PA

    Year Est.:
    1901

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Pig Iron, cast October 22, 1961.

  • Lynchburg Foundry Company

    Facility:
    Lynchburg Foundry Company (Grede Radford)

    Address:
    1701 West Main Street, Radford, VA 24141

    Year Est.:
    1978

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First cast, June 22, 1977, Official opening April, 1978.

  • Viking Pump

    Facility:
    Viking Pump

    Address:
    406 State Street, Cedar Falls, IA 50613

    Year Est.:
    1911

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Heat, South Main Iron Foundry, July 29, 1976

  • Grinnell Corp.

    Facility:
    Grinnell Corp.

    Address:
    1411 Lancaster Ave., Columbia, PA 17512

    Year Est.:
    1919

    Year Closed:
    N/A

    Item Description:
    First Heat, Line 1A cupola foundry, Feb. 1972

  • Wagner Havana

    Facility:
    Wagner Havana (A Sudbury Co.)

    Address:
    227 Wagner Ave, Havana, IL 62644

    Year Est.:
    Wagner castings was founded on Oct. 23, 1917. Acquired by Sudbury in 1988. Acquired by Intermet in 1997.

    Year Closed:
    2001

    Item Description:
    First Cast, October 4, 1989

  • John Deere Component Works Foundry

    Facility:
    John Deere Component Works Foundry

    Address:
    3003 Harvester Street, Memphis, TN

    Year Est.:
    July 16, 1980

    Year Closed:
    Merged into John Deere Waterloo Works - April 6, 1987

    Item Description:
    This item celebrated the first iron poured at the grey iron foundry on April 12, 1948

  • International Harvester - Memphis Iron Works

    Facility:
    International Harvester Memphis Works

    Address:
    3003 Harvester Street, Memphis, TN

    Year Est.:
    1948

    Year Closed:
    1985

    Item Description:
    This item celebrated the first iron poured at the grey iron foundry on April 12, 1948

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