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A = NATIONAL=20 HISTORIC
MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING=20 LANDMARK
 HISTORIC KNIGHT FOUNDRY
Water = powered=20 Foundry &
Machine Shop -=20 Since 1873
Sutter = Creek,=20 California
Dedicated=20 February 25, 1995
American=20 Society of
Mechanical=20 Engineers
Page = 2
Historic=20 Knight Foundry
A = CENTER OF=20 INNOVATION IN TH
 T
here = was a time=20 when the foothills
of = California=20 bustled with activity.
The = lure of=20 gold, copper and other
treasures sent=20 men into the earth in
droves, so that=20 it often seemed there was
more = activity=20 under the ground than at
the=20 surface.
Tools = and=20 machinery were needed to
make = the mining=20 possible. Stamp mills,
hoist = works,=20 pumps, ore cars, dredger
buckets, rock=20 crushers, and many other
types = of=20 equipment had to be
manufactured. If=20 the mines were to
operate, so must=20 a foundry to cast the
metal = parts and=20 a shop to machine them
to = final form.=20 And this is where our story
begins.
Patent=20 drawing for water wheel with signatures.
Historic Knight=20 Foundry, in Sutter Creek
California, is=20 believed to be the only
remaining water=20 powered foundry and
machine shop in=20 the United States.
Originally=20 formed as Campbell, Hall &
Co., = the foundry=20 was established in 1873
to = better fill=20 the ever growing needs of the
Mother = Lode=20 mines, and to produce the
patented Knight=20 water wheel. Samuel
FOUNDRY &=20 MACHINE SHOP OF
Knight, a=20 partner with Campbell and Hall
KNIGHT &=20 CO. SUTTERR CREEK, CAL.
Samuel Knight=20 and crew
at the = beginning=20 of their foundry venture,
circa=20 1895.
later = bought=20 them out with his new
partner George=20 Horne. Knight, a ship=E2=80=99s
carpenter, had=20 worked at mine
construction=20 sites in Calaveras and
Amador = counties,=20 where he had begun to
develop a more=20 efficient water wheel.
 HISTORIC KNIGHT FOUNDRY
E MOTHER = LODE
The = Knight=20 Catalog of 1896 gives a brief
history = of=20 Knight=E2=80=99s work:
=E2=80=9CAbout 1866,=20 Mr. Knight, in common
with = others,=20 made water wheels entirely out of
wood. The=20 buckets were shaped like saw teeth,
and = wooden=20 flanges covered the sides of the
bucket to=20 confine the water; a round nozzle was
used = and the=20 general results were considered at
the = time=20 highly satisfactory.=E2=80=9D
=E2=80=9CThe next step=20 (1868) was to make a
wooden water=20 wheel with iron buckets, giving
them = a curve=20 and discharging the water toward
the = center of=20 the wheel, still using a round
nozzle.=E2=80=9D
=E2=80=9CIn 1870 a man=20 named Colman
patented a=20 wheel which had a bucket shaped
very = much like=20 that of the present Pelton Bucket,
the = stream=20 splitting and curving off to each side.
He = for lack of=20 means did not develop the idea.=E2=80=9D
arrangement=20 of the slits in the nozzle and shape
=E2=80=9CMr. Knight=20 made several
of = the=20 buckets, until at this present time,
improvements=20 in 1872 by using a curved iron
Mr. = Knight is=20 manufacturing a wheel that for
bucket and=20 having the discharge towards the
general=20 utility and economy, challenges
center and to=20 one side. Knight also found that
the = round=20 nozzle did not fill general
requirements.=20 From these water wheels sprang
Over a = number of=20 years Knight=E2=80=99s work led
the = present=20 Knight Wheel.=E2=80=9D
to his = patenting=20 of a cast iron, high speed,
=E2=80=9CIn 1875 the=20 first wheel of present
water = wheel=20 which became the forerunner
design was=20 placed at the Lincoln=20 Mine at Sutter
of the = Pelton=20 Wheel design.
The = Knight Water=20 Wheel catalogs of the
competition.=E2=80=9D
Creek, and=20 from that time various improve-
ments have=20 been made in the size and
Cast iron=20 pulley for a
Sacramento=20 ice plant
ca. = 1902.
1890s = show that=20 more than 300 wheels
had = been=20 produced and were in wide use
all = over the=20 western United States. It was
claimed that=20 Knight wheels were being
used = to power=20 over 2000 stamps in quartz
mills. = Knight=20 also produced a water
=E2=80=9Cmotor=E2=80=9D which=20 was a small water wheel
enclosed in a=20 cast iron housing, ready
to be = attached=20 to a high pressure water
source.
The = Knight=20 Wheel: A technological
breakthrough=20 in the Mother Lode.
After = 1883 the=20 Knight Water Wheel
experienced=20 heavy competition from the
Pelton = Water=20 Wheel. Although Knight
had = been the=20 acknowledged leader, Lester
Pelton=E2=80=99s design=20 was being tried in northern
mines = of the=20 Mother Lode and some felt it
was a = better=20 design. In 1883 the Idaho
mine = in Grass=20 Valley decided to settle the
issue = by=20 inviting Knight, Pelton and two
other = wheel=20 producers to Grass Valley to
conduct tests of=20 comparable wheels.
During = these=20 trials, Pelton=E2=80=99s design proved
the = most=20 efficient, winning the contract to
Power House=20 at
Ogden, Utah=20 as
shown in the=20 1912
Knight=20 Catalog.
become = the=20 leading producer of impulse-
type = wheels,=20 eventually moving its
operation to San=20 Francisco.
In a = special=20 mining edition of April 1897,
written by G.A.=20 Carpenter, the Amador
Record = newspaper=20 produced the following
overview of the=20 Knight operation at that
time:
The = mines of=20 the surrounding district are
favored with=20 one of the largest and best equipped
foundry and=20 machine shops in the state outside
of = San=20 Francisco. The shop, located in Sutter
Creek, is=20 supplied with all the modern
improvements=20 and appliances for handling
heavy work,=20 such as is used in the mines. They
have lathes=20 that swing 10 feet in diameter, and
a = planer that=20 takes in work 4 feet square and 16
feet long.=20 Their rolls for sheet-iron work take in
supply = wheels to=20 the Idaho mine. The
Pelton = Water=20 Wheel Company went on to
pieces 10=20 feet long and are strong enough to roll
any = thickness=20 of Steel plates, having hydraulic
appliances=20 for handling them.
The = works=20 were started in 1873 on a small scale
and = have been=20 gradually growing in size, until
today the=20 ground space which the works occupy,
covers 16,658=20 square feet. The owners intend to
erect, this=20 year, another building for the purpose
of=20 manufacturing water wheel governors in
connection=20 with their water wheels, which have
done so much=20 to build their works. They have
turned out=20 this year the largest power plant in
the = United=20 States. The first half of the plant is
now = setting=20 up at 0gden, Utah. The water
wheels are=20 made of bronze and are 58 inches in
diameter, and=20 will be coupled direct to 5 of the
General=20 Electric Company 750 kilowatt
generators,=20 and will develop when in operation,
6,000=20 horsepower. The whole plant, when
completed, is=20 equal to 12,000 horsepower. The
Pioneer=20 Electric Company of Ogden, Utah,
intends to=20 transmit their electricity to Salt Lake
City for=20 lighting and power purposes. Each
wheel is=20 provided with two 6 foot flywheels that
weigh 8,000=20 pounds, and are encased in a steel
casing with=20 the wheel. The casing is secured to a
concrete=20 foundation. All the gates are worked by
hydraulic=20 appliances as well as the nozzles, at
the = switchboard. The speed is regulated by
Knight &=20 Co. mechanical and electric
governors,=20 which keep the speed at all times
within 2=20 1/2percent of normal.
The = Knight=20 & Co. works, of Sutter Creek, have
been running=20 day and night for the past four
 HISTORIC KNIGHT FOUNDARY
Advertisement=20 for Knight Wheel with governor.
months on=20 principally water wheel work, and
have = employed=20 44 hands during the summer
month
S. = N. Knight,=20 the senior member of the firm, is
an=20 acknowledged authority on water wheel
power upon the=20 Pacific Coast. It is he who first
perfected and=20 made practical the bucket wheel,
and = the other=20 manufacturers, such as Pelton and
Dodd = wheels,=20 were a modification and copy of
the = general=20 plan of the Knight wheel. Today the
wonderful=20 power obtained from these wheels has
made = possible=20 cheap motive power on the lode,
and = the owners=20 of the many hoisting works and
milk = owe to=20 his genius a debt of gratitude. Mr.
Knight has=20 keen perceptive powers and is quick
to = see an=20 advantage for the improvement of all
mechanism.=20 Consequently his inventive turn of
mind = has=20 brought about great changes in the
utility of=20 mining machinery, mills, and hoist
plants. His=20 late product, the electrical governor,
which control=20 the speed and regulates the supply
of = water on=20 the immense Knight wheels, is a
stride far in=20 advance of all competitors. The
Pioneer=20 Electric Company at Ogden, Utah have
introduced=20 this late invention, and it is to
Patent=20 drawing for dredger bucket mechanism.
Knight &=20 Co. of Sutter Creek, that the
industrial=20 world will turn now for a new lesson
in = the=20 science of motive power, as obtained from
the = agent,=20 water.
L. = Oettinger,=20 a progressive young man, is the
other member=20 of the firm, a valuable help mate
in = the=20 management of this large enterprise.
Knight = continued=20 to produce wheels into
the = early 20th=20 century. Complete wheel
and = governor=20 sets were supplied to some
of the = first=20 hydroelectric plants in the
western U.S., as=20 discussed above. Others
included were=20 the White River project in
Oregon = and the=20 Power, Transit and Light
Company of=20 Bakersfield.
Although it was=20 no longer the prime
producer of=20 water wheels, Knight & Co.
continued to=20 flourish in the late 19th
Century and=20 early 20th as an innovative
manufacturer of=20 mining equipment,
hydraulically=20 operated dredger buckets,
dredger pumps,=20 hydraulic engines, speed
governors and=20 hoisting works. Knight &
Co. = held U.S.=20 patents for seven different
machines=20 designed and produced in their
shops.
At the = turn of=20 the century Knight beat out
several other=20 large manufacturers to supply
The = Knight=20 Dynamo
motor as=20 shown in the
1896 Knight=20 Catalog,
This unit was=20 in service
at = the Amador=20 Electric
Railway and=20 Light
Powerhouse in=20 Sutter
Creek.
large = diameter=20 dredger pumps for use in
San = Francisco=20 Bay, Seattle harbor and the
Willamette and=20 Columbia rivers.
Samuel = Knight=20 died in 1913 and over
several years=20 the business was acquired by
long-time=20 employees C.H. Norton and
D.V. = Ramazotti.=20 Ramazotti operated the
foundry until=20 the late 1940s. One more
piece = of=20 equipment was produced after
Knight=E2=80=99s death=20 for which the foundry
would = receive a=20 patent. This was the
Knight = Scarifier=20 developed in 1928. This
machine was an=20 early day road ripper for
taking = the heavy=20 ruts out of dirt roads
which = developed=20 from heavy use or wet
weather. The=20 Scarifier was sold nationwide
with = some being=20 exported to Central and
South = America,=20 and several going to
Africa.
pump built=20 for the port of Portland, Oregon.
Samuel=20 Knight with 30-inch 2000hp dredging
central=20 California among its customers
and, = in more=20 recent years, clay, sand,
gravel = and gold=20 dredging operations. The
foundry was=20 taken over in the late 1940s
by Mr. = Herman=20 Nelson, who operated the
plant = until his=20 death in 1970.
From = 1970 to=20 1991, in addition to
supplying new=20 and replacement
equipment to the=20 mining and timber
industries, it=20 produced machine parts for
other=20 manufacturers of pumps and
agricultural=20 equipment. It also produced
reproduction=20 architectural iron work for
the = California=20 state capitol restoration and
restoration=20 projects in Old Sacramento.
During = this=20 period the foundry was
owned = and=20 operated by Carl W. Borgh.
Water-powered=20 machine
shop in=20 full operation.
For = the fifty=20 years from the early 1900s to
mid-1950s, the=20 foundry not only
continued=20 producing mining equipment
for = the gold=20 mines of the Mother Lode
but, = also became=20 an important producer
of = machinery for=20 the timber and lumber
industries.=20 Knight Foundry produced
some = of the=20 original equipment installed
in the = saw mills=20 of the central California
foothills and=20 later supplied replacement
parts = and repair=20 facilities. Knight Foundry
has = counted most=20 of the major lumber
and = timber=20 operations in northern and
 HISTORI C KNIGHT FOUNDRY
Sutter=20 Creek:
ALWAYS = A FOUNDRY=20 TOWN
Sutter = Creek has=20 always been a foundry
town. = The first=20 foundry in Sutter Creek
was = operated by=20 Coffin, Hitchings & Co.
and was = part of=20 the Amador No. 2 stamp
mill = operation=20 located on Spanish Street.
By mid = 1854 the=20 foundry had moved up
the = creek several=20 hundred yards and was
operated by Frank=20 Tibbits, previously the
superintendent at=20 the Lincoln = mine.=20 This
foundry = was=20 located at the intersection of
Highway = 49 and=20 Badger Street, formerly
known = as Foundry=20 Street. It appears there
was a = real need=20 for the services provided at
the = Tibbits=E2=80=99=20 Foundry, as he rapidly
expanded the=20 scope and products of his
plant. = Tibbits=20 died in 1869 and the works
were = sold to S.S.=20 Mannon. At some point
Mannon=E2=80=99s became=20 Donnelly=E2=80=99s Foundry.
Donnelly=E2=80=99s=20 Foundry survived into the
1870s = and even=20 overlapped with the
Knight = Foundry.=20 Thompson & West
(1881) = tells us=20 that the Donnelly works
were at = this time=20 water-powered and that
water = turbines,=20 commonly referred to as
=E2=80=9Cwater wheels=E2=80=9D=20 were one of their
specialities.
Other = foundries=20 developed in the Mother
Lode at = about=20 this same time. One of the
earliest was D.C.=20 Demarest=E2=80=99s Angels Iron
Works = in=20 Altaville, near Angels Camp.
Established in=20 1854 the foundry
continues to=20 operate today as California
Electric Steel. I=20 t is the oldest operating
foundry = west of=20 the Mississippi. Other
foundries grew up=20 in Sonora, Placerville,
Grass = Valley,=20 Nevada City and
Downieville.=20 Larger foundries and
equipment=20 producers such as Joshua
Hendy = Machine=20 Works, the Union Iron
Works = and Risdon=20 Iron Works were
established in=20 San Francisco.
Donnelly=E2=80=99s=20 Foundry: Workers display
their=20 wheel design (right), nozzle (center),
and large=20 wheel (left background).
An=20 unchanged part of the landscape. Pen and ink
study of=20 Knight Foundry by R.W. =E2=80=9CToby=E2=80=9D = Tyler.
Knight=20 Foundry Today
Knight = Foundry=20 continues to function as
a = foundry and=20 machine shop, producing
gray = iron=20 castings of every description for
industrial and=20 individual customers. Still
using = the=20 42-inch diameter wheel installed
by = Samuel Knight=20 in the 1870s, the
machine shop is=20 powered by water falling
 pulley pulley
water=20 wheel
belt
line=20 shaft
belt workpiece
turbine=20 shaft
shaft=20 turns
workpiece on=20 lathe
high = pressure=20 water
Knight=20 Foundry ca. 1980.
over = 400 feet=20 from the ridge above Sutter
Creek. = The=20 Tanner Reservoir which
supplies water=20 to Knight Foundry was
built = in the=20 late 1870s as part of the
Amador = Canal to=20 supply water power to
the = mines of=20 central Amador County. The
Amador = Canal,=20 through a system of
wooden = flumes,=20 ditches, and man-made
 HISTORIC KNIGHT FOUNDRY
lakes, = carried=20 water over 50 miles from the
Mokelumne River=20 to ensure a dependable
year = round power=20 supply. Apart from the
main = water=20 wheel, small wheels
throughout the=20 site operate other
machinery. A=20 24-inch wheel drives the air
compressor and=20 originally was used to
power = the blower=20 for the air supply to the
cupola = furnace=20 in the foundry room. Two
12-inch water=20 motors power lathes and
the = table saw in=20 the pattern shop. An 18-
inch = motor=20 powers the planer in the
machine shop. A=20 12-inch motor drives the
grinder in the=20 foundry; and others run the
tumbler, the=20 clay processing mill, the hoist
for = the drop=20 ball, and the firewood table
Knight = Foundry,=20 listed on the National
Register of=20 Historic Places and designated
as a = California=20 Historical Landmark,
operated=20 continuously as a commercial
foundry until=20 1991, when the owner
reduced=20 operations due to sagging
economic=20 conditions. In July 1992,
Historic Knight=20 & Co., Ltd. began
developing=20 programs both to keep the
foundry=20 operating and to promote
historical=20 tourism and educational uses
related to the=20 site.
In = 1993, Friends=20 of Knight Foundry, a
non-profit=20 organization, was formed to
assist = in these=20 efforts. It has begun to
develop a long=20 range plan for acquiring,
operating and=20 preserving the site; and to
begin = fund=20 raising activities.
Today, = Historic=20 Knight Foundry, under
the = direction of=20 Ed Arata, offers a self-
guided = tour to=20 visitors on a daily basis.
Visitors receive=20 a walking-tour-guide that
leads = them=20 through 20 stops along the
tour = route,=20 explaining the history and
operation of the=20 site. Guided group tours
are = also=20 available by reservation. In
addition to=20 tours, schools are encouraged
to use = the site=20 for field trips. The
California=20 History and Manufacturing
Technology Tours=20 offer several programs.
A l-1/2 = hour tour=20 covers a tour of the
foundry, time=20 with the blacksmith, and a
hint of = what life=20 was like in 19th century
Sutter = Creek. An=20 all-day tour includes not
only = the foundry=20 but visits to the Kennedy
Tailing = Wheels=20 and the Amador County
Museum. = This=20 program gives students a
better = grasp of=20 how mines in Amador
Molten=20 iron on its way to
County = operated=20 and why Knight
and = fired for a=20 melting operation. During
becoming=20 a casting.
Foundry was=20 needed to supply heavy
the = final=20 session, those students who wish
equipment.
to = participate=20 may also step in with the
foundry staff=20 to pour some iron castings.
Knight = Foundry=20 has also developed a three
day = =E2=80=9Chands-on=E2=80=9D=20 workshop for adults. The
During recent=20 workshops, students from
Industrial=20 Living History Workshop,
all = walks of=20 life have come to Sutter Creek
advertised=20 nationwide, has been well
to = experience=20 turn-of- the-century
received.=20 Students actually work in the
technology.=20 They have produced castings
foundry, machine=20 shop, blacksmith shop,
for = gas engine,=20 steam engine, and
and = pattern shop=20 to learn the skills of the
locomotive=20 restoration projects, as well as
late = 19th=20 century. The class regularly has
some = pieces of=20 art.
twenty-one to=20 twenty-eight students,
working in=20 groups of seven. At each work
New = programs=20 are also in development.
station students=20 receive a brief
Industrial=20 Living History Workshops will
introduction to=20 the craft and are then
be = offered to=20 college students interested in
given = an=20 opportunity to practice these
preservation,=20 history, engineering,
hand = skills=20 under the direction of
technology=20 and/or foundry management.
experienced=20 instructors. Students are
And a = docent=20 program will encourage
encouraged to=20 bring foundry projects with
volunteers to=20 help preserve the site and to
them; = these may=20 be molded and cast as
experience what=20 it was like to live and
part = of the=20 workshop. In the foundry,
work = in a small=20 community like Sutter
students receive=20 instruction in the basic
Creek, at the=20 turn-of-the century.
skills = of=20 green-sand molding; they then
mold = several=20 items. In the machine shop,
In = the future=20 with the help of volunteers
students are=20 introduced to water-powered
from = throughout=20 the country, Friends of
machine tools=20 and then given an
Knight Foundry=20 hopes to preserve Knight
opportunity to=20 operate the lathes, planers
Foundry for=20 future generations and to a
and = radial-arm=20 drill press. The blacksmith
continue to=20 create innovative history,
portion gives=20 students the chance to do
technology,=20 foundry and manufacturing
forge = work while=20 producing several items.
programs for=20 young people and adults.
Students learn=20 the basics of pattern
making = in the=20 pattern shop and finally are
shown = how the=20 cupola furnace is prepared
Samuel N.=20 Knight
(1938-1913)
Samuel N.=20 Knight was born in Brunswick,
Maine. He was=20 apprenticed as a ship=E2=80=99s
carpenter at=20 age 14. Upon completing
his = journeyman=20 training he left Maine and
that = trade to=20 work in Florida in a machine
shop. = In the=20 early 1860s, at the start of
the = Civil War,=20 Knight returned to the
Boston area and=20 shortly thereafter booked
sea = passage to=20 California aboard the
Garibaldi. He=20 arrived in San Francisco in
1863 = after=20 spending five months at sea
and = eventually=20 made his way to the mines
in = Calaveras=20 County. He worked as a
millwright=20 constructing mine structures
and = over time=20 moved to Butte City, then
Jackson and=20 later to Sutter Creek.
One = project he=20 took on for the new
county of=20 Amador was the construction of
wooden bridge=20 over Sutter Creek to carry
the = increasing=20 wagon traffic on the north-
south = road, now=20 Highway 49.
Knight had been=20 called on to build a
number of=20 large- diameter wooden water
wheels for the=20 mines of the area, but these
proved to be=20 unsatisfactory for California
conditions.=20 Knight experimented with
S. N.=20 Knight shown with 6-foot diameter pump
impellor=20 for a San Francisco dredger pump.
high-pressure=20 wheels and eventually
patented his=20 design in the early 1870s.
Samuel Knight=20 died of pneumonia in
1913 = and was=20 buried at Sutter Creek. He
left = a portion=20 of his estate to his sister in
Maine, but a=20 major portion of the
foundry=20 operation was left to the
employees.
Prototype=20 self-
propelled=20 rock
crusher=20 for
surfacing=20 roads,
S.N.=20 Knight at
the=20 wheeel.
HISTORIC KNIGHT FOUNDRY
THE = HISTORY AND=20 HERITAGE PROGRAM
The = ASME History=20 and Heritage
Recognition=20 Program began in 1971 as
part = of the=20 Society=E2=80=99s effort to note,
document and=20 acknowledge mechanical
engineering=20 achievements of particular
significance.
The = Program is=20 overseen by the History
and = Heritage=20 Committee, which includes
mechanical=20 engineers, historians of
technology, and=20 the immediate past
curator of=20 mechanical and civil
engineering at=20 the Smithsonian
Institution.
An = ASME=20 Landmark represents a step in
the = evolution=20 of mechanical engineering
and = reflects=20 its influence on society here
and = abroad.=20 This Landmark is one of
many = throughout=20 the world that are a part
of = our=20 engineering heritage.
The = Knight=20 Foundry site is recognized as
an = ASME=20 National Historic Mechanical
Engineering=20 Landmark. In addition, 46
International,=20 16 Regional and 117
National=20 Landmarks, Collections, and
Sites = have been=20 recognized.
NATIONAL=20 HISTORIC MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LANDMARK
Knight = Foundry,=20 Established 1873
This = is one of=20 the nation=E2=80=99s earliest foundry-machine shops
remaining in=20 operation and one of the few water powered. It was
founded by=20 Samuel N. Knight (1838-1913) to manufacture
machinery for=20 the gold mines of the Mother Lode region. Knight
was = one of=20 several inventors experimenting with impulse turbines
to = exploit the=20 areas abundant high-head water power for driving
hoists, ore=20 stamps, and other mining machinery. He patented an
efficient =E2=80=9Cwater=20 wheel=E2=80=9D that came to dominate the field prior to
the = introduction=20 of the Pelton turbine in the mid-1880s. Knight
turbines drive=20 some of the machinery of the works.
American=20 Society of
Mechanical=20 Engineers
AMERICAN=20 SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL
Friends of=20 Knight Foundry
 ENGINEERS
National=20 Advisory Board
Dean=20 Peters
Paul = J. Torpey,=20 President
Clover=20 McKinley
S.=20 Krishnamurthy,Vice President, Region IX
David = Dornfeld
George T.=20 Skoda, H. & H. Chairman, Region IX
Sandra=20 Elder
John = R. Parker,=20 Senior Vice President, Public Affairs
Duncan=20 Hay
Erwin = Fried,=20 Vice President, Public Information
Charlie=20 Marshall
David = L.=20 Belden, Executive Director
David = Weitzman
Lyden = Davis,=20 Director, Western Regional Office
Knight Foundry,=20 Inc.
THE = ASME=20 HISTORY
Carl = W. Borgh,=20 Owner
AND = HERITAGE=20 COMMITTEE
J. = Lawrence=20 Lee, Chairman
Production of=20 this commemorative brochure
Robert M.=20 Vogel, Secretary
would = not have=20 been possible without the
William=20 DeFotis
generous=20 donations and support of the
Burton=20 Dicht
following:
Robert B.=20 Gaither
R. = Michael M.=20 Hunt
American=20 Society of Mechanical Engineers
William J.=20 Warren
Amercian=20 Foundrymen=E2=80=99s Society -N. Cal.Chap.
Richard S.=20 Hartenberg, Emeritus
National Trust=20 for Historic Preservation
Euan = F. C.=20 Somerscales, Emeritus
Wells = Fargo=20 Bank
Diane = Kaylor,=20 Staff Liaison
California=20 State Capitol Docents
IDEAS
THE = ASME=20 SACRAMENTO-SIERRA SECTION
The = CSUS=20 Foundation
Ted=20 Middleton
Craig = G.=20 Sherman, Chair
Bill=20 Braun
Chuck = Paridon=20 Vice Chair
Gloria and Kim=20 Williams
Lisa = M. Parker,=20 Secretary
Mr. = and Mrs.=20 Louis Manassero
Edgar = Kolstad,=20 Treasurer
Leo=20 Dabaghian
Rolf = A.=20 Konstad, History & Heritage Chairman
Joe = Van=20 Overveen
Historic Knight=20 & Co. Ltd
THE = KNIGHT=20 FOUNDRY
Mr. = and Mrs. E.=20 Arata
Mr. = and Mrs. R.=20 Peters
Historic Knight=20 & Co., Ltd.
Mr. = and Mrs. L.=20 Williams
Ed = Arata,=20 President
Mr. = J. Welch,=20 Jr.
Robin = Peters,=20 Vice Pres.
Mrs. = V.=20 Borges
Mimi = Arata,=20 Sec/Tres.
Mr. = and Mrs. E.=20 Swift
Susan = Peters,=20 Director
Mr. = and Mrs. D.=20 Borges
Brad = Sullivan,=20 Counsel
Mr. = and Mrs. G.=20 Sherrill
Mr. = J.=20 Remington
Friends of=20 Knight Foundry
Mr. = and Mrs. R.=20 Pereira
Rollin Brown,=20 Chairman
Joe = Harralson,=20 Vice Chairman
 REFERENCES
Mimi = Arata,=20 Sec/Tres
Frank = Herzog,=20 Director
=E2=80=9CKnight Foundry=20 History=E2=80=9D by Ed Arata, 1972.
Brad = Sullivan,=20 Counsel
=E2=80=9CSutter Creek-=20 Logan=E2=80=99s Alley=E2=80=9D by
Larry = Cenotto,=20 Cenotto
Publications,=20 1988.
Design by=20 Richard Tolmach,
Maryellen Burns=20 and Ed Arata.
Photos: Larry=20 Angier, Carolyn
Fox = and thee=20 Knight Foundry
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