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)