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Knight Foundry, also known as Knight's Foundry and Shops, is a cast iron foundry and machine shop in Sutter Creek, California. It was established in 1873 to supply heavy equipment and repair facilities to the gold mines and timber industry of the Mother Lode .
Knight's Foundry and Shops: Knight's Foundry and Shops. July 1, 1975 : 13 Eureka St. Sutter Creek: 14 ... Sutter Creek Grammar School: December 12, 1976
Knight Foundry and Machine Shop. One of the earliest US water-powered foundry-machine shops, including Knight impulse turbines. 1873 Sutter Creek: California United States ASME brochure: 183: 1995 Wright Field 5-foot Wind Tunnel. Early example of the "modern" wind tunnel for aircraft-model testing. 1921 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base: Ohio ...
Knight Foundry: 1007: Knight Foundry: 81 Eureka St. ... Sutter Creek: Also on the NRHP list as NPS-75000423 Upload Photo: 30: Lancha Plana: North shore of Camanche ...
Two Knight Wheels (lathes) at the Knight Foundry, Sutters Creek, California, USA These are faceplates with gear teeth around the edge, and are "T" lathes, not Knight wheels. This picture appears to be of two "T" lathes, a variation of an engine lathe used primarily for facing large diameter parts.
The fire roared through the building on Sutter Creek’s historic Main Street early Friday. Early morning blaze guts historic Sutter Creek restaurant. No injuries reported
Experimenting and modelling, Pelton improved upon the efficiency of the Knight wheel (developed earlier by the Knight Foundry at nearby Sutter Creek). The Knight wheel received the streamflow jet slightly off-center and at an angle into a single turbine cup.
Knight Foundry Water-Powered Iron Works, Sutter Creek Award amount: ($250,000) Old First National Bank, Telluride, CO ($250,000) The Charter Murals, National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ($500,000) Dance Heritage Coalition ($90,000) Katherine Dunham Archives, East St. Louis, IL; Hulla Huhm Dance Collection, Honolulu, HI