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This site was the longest-running continuously operated foundry west of the Mississippi River. It cast all quartz machinery needed for the numerous mines around the Altaville and Angels Camp area. It was previously known as Altaville Foundry and Machine Works, Calavaras Iron and Steel Co., and later California Electric Steel Co. Its previous owners were D.D. Demarest and T.H. Fullen in 1860, Lawrence Monte Verde and the Demarest family in 1892, and the Lawrence Monte Verde family in 1928.
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Angels, California · United States
