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The best way to understand and record the history of the industry
is to interview the men and women who built California's foundry industry
Below are the growing list of oral interviews from California's metalworking leaders.


  • Covert Iron Works
    South Gate, California -1997

  • Dennis Sheehan, Sheehan Foundry
    Sun Valley, California - 1997

  • Ken Fields and Steve Livingston, Strategic Materials Corporation
    South Gate, California -1998

  • Frank Lee, A Brass Foundry
    Los Angeles, California - 1998

  • Roland Meckel, Modern Pattern and Foundry
    Vernon, California - 1998

  • Roland Martin, Martin Brass
    Torrance, California - 1998

  • Steve Portner, Alcast Foundry
    Redondo Beach, California - 1998



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