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The West Point Foundry was a major American ironworking and machine shop site in Cold Spring, New York, operating from 1818 to about 1911.Initiated after the War of 1812, it became most famous for its production of Parrott rifle artillery and other munitions during the Civil War, although it also manufactured a variety of iron products for civilian use.
The foundry was built across the Hudson River from West Point in the village of Cold Spring, New York, and soon began to make cast iron steam engines for locomotives, gears, water pipes, and other iron products, as well as artillery. Despite the lack of local artisans and craftsmen skilled in ironworking, Kemble and his partners succeeded ...
October 1830: the Best Friend arrives in Charleston from West Point Foundry. December 25, 1830: The Best Friend runs for the first time in Charleston. June 17, 1831: The boiler explodes on the Best Friend. Remains of Best Friend rebuilt in Charleston as Phoenix, which runs until the American Civil War.
The gun was invented by Captain Robert Parker Parrott, [1] a West Point graduate. He was an American soldier and inventor of military ordnance. He resigned from the service in 1836 and became the superintendent of the West Point Foundry in Cold Spring, New York.
The West Point Foundry manufactured between 228 and 255 2.9-inch 10-pounder Parrott rifles, Model 1861 through the end of 1862. Because the Ordnance Department thoroughly trusted Robert Parrott, he acted as both gun founder and the inspecting ordnance officer, a unique arrangement. The gun barrels weighed between 884 lb (401 kg) and 917 lb (416 ...
West Point was the third steam locomotive constructed in the United States. [1] It was constructed for the South Carolina Railroad by the West Point Foundry of New York and built to plans from Horatio Allen .
Weir became fascinated with the West Point Iron and Cannon Factory, across the Hudson from West Point, a factory that manufactured most of the large guns for the Union during the Civil War. His third major work was The Gun Foundry, 1866, an unusual interior factory scene that depicts the casting of a Parrott Gun. This work was well received at ...
After the war, part of the Great Chain was saved for posterity and the rest relegated to the West Point Foundry furnaces near Cold Spring, New York, to be melted down. [citation needed] A saved portion was first displayed at the West Point ordnance compound, along with a captured mortar, as shown in a 1905 drawing. [9]