Miners Foundry Cultural Center

325 Spring Street
Nevada City CA 95959

Phone: 530-265-5040
Fax: 530-265-5462
Email: [email protected]

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Description:
From humble beginnings as a machine shop in 1855 to its current incarnation as a cultural center and community meeting place, Miners Foundry has prospered and grown with Nevada County.

Men rushing to find gold in the Sierra foothills quickly realized they could extract even more of the precious metal with the proper machinery.

In response, the Miners Foundry was built in 1855 and grew up with Nevada City, serving the mines of the foothill region and helping Nevada County become the greatest gold-producing region of the entire world.

Over the years, metalworkers at the Foundry also exercised their skill fabricating equipment to ease the difficult life of those settling the western regions. Here is the birthplace of the famous Pelton Wheel in 1879, an invention which revolutionized hydroelectric power .