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COUNTIES

The state of California currently consists of 58 counties.
Below is a list of various foundries located within California's counties.  This is not a complete list of every foundry that operated in California, but it includes what is archived at CFHI.  Not all facilities listed are still operating.
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Alameda County 
Metalcast Engineering
Precision Cast Products
Oscar Lehnus, Inc.
Wyman-Gordon Investmen Castings
Precision Founders, Inc.
Fellowship Foundry
AB&I Foundry
Phoenix Iron Works
General Foundry
Production Pattern and Foundry
CASTCO
Bulk Sand Services
H.C. Macaulay Foundry, Inc.
Pacific Steel Casting Company

Alpine County

Amador County

Butte County

Calaveras County

Colusa County

Contra Costa County
Micro Metals, Inc.
Montgomery Watson
Atlas Foundry and MFG, Co.
East Bay Brass Foundry

Del Norte County

El Dorado County 
Placerville Foundry and Machine Shop

Fresno County 
Floway Pumps
Wilson and Nutwell Foundry
W-N Castings
W-N Art Bronze
Lisenby Manufacturing Co.
K.P. Iron Foundry
Buckner MFG
Buckner by Storm
J. Burnett Iron Works
Catalina Brass
Chapin and Co.
Ben Franklin Foundry
Fresno Brass Works
Johns-Manville Corp.
Fresno Valves
JM Foundry
Kearney's MFG
Mathew's Foundry
Midstate Metal Casting
Lindell Pattern Works

Glenn County

Humboldt County

Imperial County

Inyo County

Kern County

Kings County 
ASC Felco

Lake County

Lassen County

Los Angeles County
Weiand Automotive Industries
Avis Metalcasters Service, Ltd.
Coastcast Corporation
Coast Heat Treating, Co.
Dameron Alloy Foundries
A Brass Foundry
Maritime Brass and Bronze Works
Westelectric Castings, Inc.
West Coast Foundries
Commercial Casting Co.
Crown Brass MFG, Co., Inc.
Crown Pattern and Foundry
Jerebar Corp.
Meyer Pattern Works
Pomona Foundry Inc
Price Pfester, Inc.
Pryor-Giggey Co.
Ritchson Roll-off Service
Ritchson Trucking Parts
Universal Cast Iron MFG, Co
Vernon Manufacturing Corp
National Brass Works, Inc
Western Brass Works
Foothill Foundry
Gordon Sand Co
I.E.S., Inc. (Industrial Engineering Services)
Gasser/Olds Co
Rosenburg and Co
Major Brass Foundry, Inc.
Alcast Foundry
Airesearch Casting Division
A&M Casting, Inc.
Carter Casting Co.
Columbia Steel Casting Co.
Fulton Engine Works
Covert Iron Works
Martin Brass Foundry
Layne and Bowler Pump Co
Los Angeles Pump & Valve
Llewellyn Iron Works
S.W. Luitwieler Co.
South Gate Aluminum and Magnesium Foundry
Monarch Alumium
David H. Fell and Co., Inc.

Madera County

Marin County

Mariposa County

Mendocino County

Merced County

Modoc County

Mono County

Monterey County

Napa County

Nevada County
Grass Valley Foundry
Nevada Iron and Brass Foundry
Miner's Foundry and Supply Co.
Taylor's Foundry and Engineering Co.
Grass Valley Foundry and Machine Shop

Orange County 
Anaheim Foundry Co
ABS Pipe Inc.
Clary, LLC
Metalworking Supplies, Inc.
Kittyhawk Products

Placer County 
Industrial Testing International

Plumas County

Riverside County

Sacramento County 
THYS Foundry
Union Iron Works
Root, Neilson and Co.

San Benito County

San Bernadino County 
Non-Ferro Concepts, Inc.
Industrial Waste Utilization

San Diego County

San Francisco County 
Geo & Dow Pumping Engine Co.
Pacific Iron Foundry
Vulcan Foundry
Thomas Carlson Pattern Shop
The Carr Foundry and Machine Works
East Bay Brass
Pacific Brass
SF Zinc and Brass
Huntington, Hopkins and Co.
Great Western Smelting and Refining Co.
Fulton Foundry and Iron Works
Hinkley and Co.
Eureka Foundry
Thompson Brother
The Enterprise Engine and Foundry Co
Joshua Hendy Machine Works
The Pelton Water Wheel Co.
Selby Smelting and Lead Co.
Rison Iron and Locomotive Works
Pacific Iron Works
Stoddart's Iron Works
Judson Manufacturing Co.
Union Iron Works
California Casting Co.
Columbia Steel Casting
Donohue Brothers Foundry
Union Iron and Brass Foundry
Union Iron Works
Terminal Brass and Aluminum
Snow and Galgiani
Aetna Iron Works
California Brass Foundry
Miner's Foundry

San Joaquin County 
Monarch Foundry
Marine Iron Works
The SuperMould Corp of CA
Globe Iron Works of Stockton
Lodi Iron Works
Delta Pump Foundry
Stockton Iron Works
Samson Iron Works
Tusco Casting Corp
Tokay Foundry
Pinkerton Foundry
Valley Pattern and MFG.
Le Tourneau MFG

San Luis Obispo County

San Mateo County

Santa Barbara County

Santa Clara County 
Alfa VMP, Inc. (Alfa Foundry)
Betra MFG, Co.
Kearney Pattern Works and Foundry
South Bay Bronze and Aluminum Foundry
Felton Aluminum

Santa Cruz County

Shasta County

Sierra County

Siskiyou County

Solano County

Sonoma County

Stanislaus County

Sutter County

Tehama County

Trinity County

Tulare County 
Waterman Industries Inc.
EMI

Tuolumne County 
Tuolumne Foundry and Machine Works
Patterson Foundry
Sonora Foundry
Sonora Foundry and Machine Shop

Ventura County

Yolo County

Yuba County 
Marysville Foundry
Prescott, Scheidell and Co.

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