By Joe Rosato Jr. • Published March 25, 2024 When it comes to railroad history, the Bay Area has a number of places where train enthusiasts can roll back time. But as time marches on, those museums are finding it difficult to keep these historic trains going. NBC Bay Area’s Joe Rosato Jr. reports. [...]
We appreciate the local press from the Ledger Dispatch, a good friend to Knight Foundry over the years! Here are four articles (in PDF format) worth sharing: A Rare Gem Turns 150, September 1, 2023 Letter to the Editor, May 5 2023 Hometown Heroes: Knight Foundry Teaches Machining Skills, April 10 2022 Knight Foundry [...]
By Sarah Spinetta @ Ledger Dispatch A remnant of the past, a unique piece of living history untouched by modernization: the Knight Foundry in Sutter Creek is a truly rare gem. The site draws in visitors from the Motherlode to international tourists, interested in seeing firsthand the machines, tools and techniques that literally built [...]
blacksmith shop forge WRITTEN MARCH 2022 On March 4, 2017, a chilly windy day, Sutter Creek’s historic Knight Foundry opened its doors to the public for the first time in nearly 20 years. Nearly 1,200 people visited, and two decades of pent-up interest and enthusiasm was unleashed. Now, five years later, the organization [...]
Saturday, November 14, 2020 is the big day! After seven long months, Knight Foundry, 81 Eureka Street in Sutter Creek, plans to be open to the public on this month’s regularly scheduled Tour Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come back to visit and explore Sutter Creek’s historic industrial crown jewel, Amador County’s own [...]
September 4, 2020 in the Amador Ledger Dispatch, page B7.Written by Jack Mitchell. Photos by Ed Arata.What better time for a little love and care than during a pandemic. We should have known that Ed Arata and the volunteers at Knight Foundry would be busy. What’s been accomplished is amazing, some would even say — [...]
LEDGER DISPATCH July 16, 2018. The 165th California State Fair in Sacramento kicked off over the weekend, and Amador County was well represented. The Amador County booth this year featured a Knight Foundry theme, and took home Best of Show. Amador County also received a Gold Award for the booth, Best Marketing Presentation award, and [...]
Watch ABC10 Special about Sutter Creek's Knight Foundry Author: John Bartell March 19, 2018. It's the last of its kind and it was almost lost. Knight Foundry built the machines that helped build California. The water powered machine shop was turning to rust until a group of volunteers restored it. "This is the last [...]
THE NATIVE SON OF THE GOLDEN WEST: Historic Knight Foundry the Last Water-Powered Machine Foundry in the United States. By Kimberly Wooten. (09-30-17)