Last Iron
General Electric - Appliance Park Foundry
GM - St. Catharines Foundry
Newnam Foundry
Ford Thames Foundry
International Harvester - Memphis Nodular Iron Foundry
Leesona Mooresville Plant
John Deere Malleable Works
Quality Foundry
O-Z / Gedney
Dalton Corporation - Ashland
G&W Pennsylvania Malleable Iron Division
Woodward Iron Co.
Springfield Works Malleable Foundry
Gardner-Denver Co.
Anvil International
Dalton Malleable Casting
John Deere Malleable Iron Works
Rockwell International Barberton Plant Ohio
Littlestown Hardware & Foundry Co. Inc.
International Harvester Louisville Foundry
Neenah - Newnam (Dalton) Foundry
Bosch - St. Joe Foundry
John Deere Dubuque Works
Buick Foundry
Buick Foundry
GM Canada, St. Catharines FOundry
International Harvester, Milwaukee Works Foundry
Reading Foundry
Fairbanks Morse, East Moline
Metal Technologies, West Allis Ductile
International Harvester, Memphis Works
Auburn Foundry, Plant 1
Springfield, Ohio Foundry
York Manufacturing Company
Dalton Foundry
John Deere M-Foundry
Auburn Foundry
C.F.D. Pontiac
C.F.D. Saginaw
C.F.D. Saginaw
C.F.D. Tonawanda
Universal Foundry
Caloric Corporation
Fuller Co.
John Deere Foundry
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General Electric - Appliance Park Foundry
Facility:
General Electric Foundry - GE Appliance Park
Address:
Louisville, KY
Year Est.:
1951
Year Closed:
1979
Item Description:
1979 Last Ferrous Casting at the G.E. Appliance Park Foundry -
GM - St. Catharines Foundry
Facility:
GM - St. Catharines Foundry
Address:
St. Catharines, ON
Year Est.:
1952
Year Closed:
1996
Item Description:
Final casting pour on line E at General Motors St. Catharines foundry prior to shutdown. -
Newnam Foundry
Facility:
Newnam Foundry
Address:
Kendallville, IN
Year Est.:
1920
Year Closed:
2009
Item Description:
Last iron poured at Newnam Foundry, owned by Neenah Foundry Corp when closed. -
Ford Thames Foundry
Facility:
Ford Thames Foundry
Address:
Dagenham, Havering, Greater London Authority, UK
Year Est.:
1957
Year Closed:
1985
Item Description:
Casting to commemorate the closing of Ford's Thames Foundry. -
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 commemorate the last cupola iron poured before converting to electric melt, June 1972. -
Leesona Mooresville Plant
Facility:
Leesona
Address:
Mooresville, NC
Year Est.:
1893
Year Closed:
1982
Item Description:
Last iron poured at Leesona Foundry on December 1st, 1982. /em> -
John Deere Malleable Works
Facility:
John Deere Malleable Works
Address:
Moline, IL
Year Est.:
April 7, 1911
Year Closed:
1969
Item Description:
Started as Union Malleable Iron Company, the John Deere Malleable works supplied malleable castings, pearlitic castings, and white-iron castings to almost all of the John Deere factories. Operations were consolidated into John Deere foundry in 1968. This is a horse shoe commemorating the final pour of the foundry in Spetember of 1969. -
Quality Foundry
Facility:
Quality Foundry
Address:
Stockton, IA
Year Est.:
N/A
Year Closed:
2004
Item Description:
Quality Foundry, Last Heat, March 2004 -
O-Z / Gedney
Facility:
O-Z / Gedney
Address:
Terryville, CT.
Year Est.:
1847
Year Closed:
2002
Item Description:
Last Iron Poured, 2002 -
Dalton Corporation - Ashland
Facility:
Dalton Corporation - Ashland
Address:
Ashland Ohio
Year Est.:
1995
Year Closed:
N/A
Item Description:
Dalton Corporation, Ashland Manufacturing Facility. Last Iron Poured on December 10, 1999. -
G&W Pennsylvania Malleable Iron Division
Facility:
G&W Pennsylvania Malleable Iron Division
Address:
Woodward, AL
Year Est.:
1932
Year Closed:
N/A
Item Description:
Last heat at the Pennsylvania Malleable Iron Division, August 6th, 1982. -
Woodward Iron Co.
Facility:
Woodward Iron Company
Address:
Woodward, AL
Year Est.:
1881
Year Closed:
1973
Item Description:
"The Last Casting" from Woodward Iron Co., Jan 27th, 1973. -
Springfield Works Malleable Foundry
Facility:
Springfield Works Malleable Foundry
Address:
Springfield, OH
Year Est.:
1887
Year Closed:
1938
Item Description:
First / Last heat commemorative casting. Last heat on September 1, 1938. -
Gardner-Denver Co.
Facility:
Anvil International
Address:
Quincy, IL
Year Est.:
1859
Year Closed:
N/A
Item Description:
Last metal poured in Quincy, IL brass foundry, Plant 5, Aug. 2, 1974 -
Anvil International
Facility:
Anvil International
Address:
Columbia, PA
Year Est.:
1850
Year Closed:
N/A
Item Description:
Last Iron Poured on the Mini Osborne Line in Columbia, PA, February, 2004 -
Dalton Malleable Casting
Facility:
Dalton Malleable Casting
Address:
Warsaw, IN
Year Est.:
1910
Year Closed:
Acquired by Neenah in 1998
Item Description:
Last Iron Poured-Malleable Foundry 8-21-1974 Warsaw, In -
John Deere Malleable Iron Works
Facility:
John Deere Malleable Works
Address:
Moline, IL
Year Est.:
April 7, 1911
Year Closed:
1969
Item Description:
Started as Union Malleable Iron Company, the John Deere Malleable works supplied malleable castings, pearlitic castings, and white-iron castings to almost all of the John Deere factories. Operations were consolidated into John Deere foundry in 1968. This is a cast desk pen holder commemorating the final pour of the foundry. -
Rockwell International Barberton Plant Ohio
Facility:
Rockwell International Barberton Plant Ohio
Address:
Barberton, OH
Year Est.:
1973
Year Closed:
2001
Item Description:
Bookend 1 of 2. The other in the set says "Barberton" -
Littlestown Hardware & Foundry Co. Inc.
Facility:
Littlestown Iron Foundry
Address:
Littlestown, PA
Year Est.:
1916
Year Closed:
1990
Item Description:
Taken from the letter that accompanied this casting:
”Since Emory and Luther Snyder founded the company in 1916, the pouring of grey iron castings was synonymous with “Littco” or “Littlestown”. This product / company association was established by casting a broad range of items from tools and vises to hand grenades and industrial machinery.
Although it was very difficult to turn away from a tradition nearly three quarters of a century old, our tremendous increase in business and efficiencies in the manufacturing of aluminum castings along with the rapid decline of our iron foundry business made the decision to stop our iron casting production inevitable.
Only 289 iron plaques titled “THE IRON AGE OF LITTCO 1916 – 1990” were produced. This plaque poured on the last day of our iron foundry operations, commemorates a very important history in our corporate life. This grey iron plaque is presented to you with our sincere appreciation for your contributions to Littco. Without our customers, employees, suppliers, representatives, stock holders and many loyal friends – this milestone could never have been reached.
Each plaque bears a registration number on the back. Your name and the registration number will be kept in a log permanently maintained by the company. If your plaque is given to another party, it is requested that Littco be notified so the registration may be updated.
We hope this memento will not only bring back feelings of personal satisfaction as a result of your association with Littco; but most importantly, as a constant reminder of our appreciation of you.” -
International Harvester Louisville Foundry
Facility:
International Harvester – Louisville Foundry
Address:
Louisville, KY
Year Est.:
1949
Year Closed:
1984
Item Description:
These castings were made to commemorate the last pour at Louisville before the foundry closed. There are actually two different dates of the "last Pour" pieces. When the plant closed in 83, a small number of people continued to work in the foundry to complete a parts contract that IH had with someone else (they made castings and forgings for other companies, one being American Motors), and it is the name of one of thoses individuals that is found on the "real' last pour door stop/book ends. They were cast, in cast iron, for each of those individuals. You can also find the same thing with the Memphis Plant name on them. They were painted gold, like the 9-14-74 Cadet statue. – (Referenced from: here) -
Neenah - Newnam (Dalton) Foundry
Facility:
Neenah - Newnam Foundry
Address:
Kendallville, IN.
Year Est.:
1927
Year Closed:
2009
Item Description:
Last Iron Newnam (Dalton) foundry -
Bosch - St. Joe Foundry
Facility:
Bosch - St. Joe Foundry
Address:
Dubuque, Iowa
Year Est.:
1952
Year Closed:
2006
Item Description:
Last Iron Poured, October, 2006. -
John Deere Dubuque Works
Facility:
John Deere Dubuque Works Foundry
Address:
Dubuque, Iowa
Year Est.:
1946
Year Closed:
1987
Item Description:
Last Melt, 1987. -
Buick Foundry
Facility:
Buick Foundry
Address:
Flint, MI
Year Est.:
1926
Year Closed:
2011
Item Description:
Last V8 cast, December, 1979. -
Buick Foundry
Facility:
Buick Foundry
Address:
Flint, MI
Year Est.:
1926
Year Closed:
2011
Item Description:
Last Heat, August 15, 1980. -
GM Canada, St. Catharines FOundry
Facility:
GM Canada, St. Catharines FOundry
Address:
Ontario, CA
Year Est.:
1952
Year Closed:
1995
Item Description:
Last Iron Poured, November 30, 1995. -
International Harvester, Milwaukee Works Foundry
Facility:
International Harvester, Milwaukee Works Foundry
Address:
Milwaukee, WI
Year Est.:
1911
Year Closed:
1972
Item Description:
Last Heat, 1972. -
Reading Foundry
Facility:
Reading Foundry
Address:
N/A
Year Est.:
N/A
Year Closed:
1982
Item Description:
Reading Foundry, closed July 2, 1982. -
Fairbanks Morse, East Moline
Facility:
Fairbanks Morse, East Moline
Address:
1115 14TH AVE EAST MOLINE IL 61244
Year Est.:
N/A
Year Closed:
1972
Item Description:
Last Iron Poured at Fairbanks Morse, East Moline, October 28, 1972. -
Metal Technologies, West Allis Ductile
Facility:
Metal Technologies, West Allis Ductile
Address:
West Allis, Wisconsin
Year Est.:
1997
Year Closed:
N/A
Item Description:
Last Iron Poured at the West Allis Ductile facility, August, 2009. -
International Harvester, Memphis Works
Facility:
International Harvester, Memphis Works
Address:
Memphis, TN
Year Est.:
1948
Year Closed:
1981
Item Description:
Memphis Foundry, Last Iron Poured, 1981. -
Auburn Foundry, Plant 1
Facility:
Auburn Foundry, Plant 1
Address:
Auburn, Indiana
Year Est.:
1911
Year Closed:
2004
Item Description:
Last Iron Poured, Dec. 18, 2004. -
Springfield, Ohio Foundry
Facility:
Springfield, OH Foundry
Address:
Springfield, OH
Year Est.:
N/A
Year Closed:
1952
Item Description:
Last Heat, November 29, 1952. -
York Manufacturing Company
Facility:
York Manufacturing Company
Address:
York, PA
Year Est.:
Sept. 7, 1874
Year Closed:
1957
Item Description:
Last Heat, October 18, 1957. -
Dalton Foundry
Facility:
Dalton Foundry
Address:
Warsaw, Indiana
Year Est.:
1923
Year Closed:
Acquired by Neenah, 1998
Item Description:
Last Malleable Iron, June 21, 1974. -
John Deere M-Foundry
Facility:
John Deere M-Foundry
Address:
Waterloo, IA
Year Est.:
1918
Year Closed:
1986
Item Description:
Last Iron, M-Foundry, Jan. 31, 1986. Full and partial pours. -
Auburn Foundry
Facility:
Auburn Foundry Plant 2
Address:
Auburn Indiana
Year Est.:
1995
Year Closed:
2005
Item Description:
Last Iron Poured, May 13, 2005. -
C.F.D. Pontiac
Facility:
CFD Pontiac
Address:
Pontiac, MI
Year Est.:
1937
Year Closed:
1987
Item Description:
Last Iron Poured, May, 1987. -
C.F.D. Saginaw
Facility:
CFD Saginaw
Address:
Saginaw, MI
Year Est.:
1919
Year Closed:
N/A
Item Description:
Last Grey Iron Poured, Line 6, Jan. 1994. -
C.F.D. Saginaw
Facility:
CFD Saginaw
Address:
Saginaw, MI
Year Est.:
1919
Year Closed:
N/A
Item Description:
Last Nodular Iron Poured, December 1987 -
C.F.D. Tonawanda
Facility:
CFD Tonawanda
Address:
Tonawanda, NY
Year Est.:
1937
Year Closed:
1984
Item Description:
Last Iron Poured, June 1984 -
Universal Foundry
Facility:
Universal Foundry
Address:
Oshkosh, WI
Year Est.:
March 29, 1916
Year Closed:
1989?
Item Description:
Last Iron Poured Plant 1 Cupola, April 28, 1989 -
Caloric Corporation
Facility:
Caloric Corporation
Address:
Topton, PA
Year Est.:
1903
Year Closed:
1991
Item Description:
Last Heat Poured, 1968 -
Fuller Co.
Facility:
Fuller Co.
Address:
N/A
Year Est.:
N/A
Year Closed:
1887
Item Description:
Last Heat Poured, Dec. 1887(?). -
John Deere Foundry
Facility:
John Deere Foundry
Address:
East Moline, IL
Year Est.:
1968
Year Closed:
1993
Item Description:
Last Pour of John Deere foundry, 1993.
