FAIRMOUNT FOUNDRY

In 1918, Fairmount Foundry Inc. was founded along the banks of the Blackstone River in The Globe Village of Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The Blackstone River Corridor is the nationally recognized birthplace of the industrial revolution in North America. In 1793, in what is now Pawtucket, RI, Samuel Slater built the first water-powered mill dedicated to the production of cotton textile using Richard Awkright's cotton spinning system which included carding, drawing, and spinning machines... The Fairmount Foundry Inc was built to provide iron castings to the twenty mills that populated the shores of the Blackstone in Woonsocket. The foundry had its own Machine Works and routinely delivered 6-8 tons of iron castings every day to the thriving mills to support their textile machinery... Fairmount Foundry Inc. became a Meehanite Licensee in January of 1995 and continued as a registered Meehanite foundry for the next 18 years terminating our relationship with the organization in 2013. This..

Also known as: Fairmount Foundry Inc., The Fairmount Foundry Inc

Primary location: Woonsocket United States