SUTTER CREEK, CALIF. — Off the bustling main street of this erstwhile Gold Rush boomtown, up a lane from the B&Bs and renovated brick storefronts and flocks of tourists, a bulky and aged factory looms ...
(KTXL) — One-hundred and fifty years ago, Samuel Knight established the Knight Foundry, which is the last water-powered foundry and machine shop in America. On September 16, the Sutter Creek Knight ...
A part of California's gold-rush history could soon function again as a working facility in one town in the Sierra Foothills aims to preserve the state's history. The Knight Foundry is a complex of ...
A historic Gold Rush foundry in this Sierra foothills town has received a key state grant needed for acquisition and restoration of the site. More than $870,000 has been awarded for renovation of the ...