Miners Foundry

First Manufacturing Site of the Pelton Wheel
The foundry in 2025
Location325 Spring Street
Nevada City, California, USA
Coordinates39°15′44″N 121°1′11″W / 39.26222°N 121.01972°W / 39.26222; -121.01972
Built1856
Part ofNevada City Downtown Historic District (ID85002520)
CHISL No.1012
Significant dates
Designated CPSeptember 23, 1985
Designated CHISLMay 11, 1994

The Miners Foundry (previously Nevada Foundry; Nevada Iron Foundry and Machine Shop, George Allan's Foundry and Machine Works, American Victorian Museum, Miners Foundry and Supply Company; currently Miners Foundry Cultural Center) is located at 325 Spring Street, Nevada City, California, USA. Built in Nevada County in 1856, it is a California Historical Landmark as, in 1879, the foundry became the first manufacturing site of the Pelton wheel.