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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 ...
73000418. Added to NRHP. April 11, 1973 [1] Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park is a state park unit preserving Malakoff Diggins, the largest hydraulic mining site in California, United States. The mine was one of several hydraulic mining sites at the center of the 1882 landmark case Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company. [2]
Nevada City is located at 39°15′41″N121°01′07″W / 39.261435°N 121.018602°W[ 16 ] at 2,500 feet above sea level. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km 2), 99.83% of it land and 0.17% water. Nevada, Missouri, is named after Nevada City.
The Nevada City Downtown Historic District is a 16-acre (6.5 ha) historic district in Nevada City within the U.S. state of California. Located in Nevada County, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It dates from 1917, with examples of Moderne and Italianate architecture. [2] The period of significance is 1856–1917.
In the late 1870s Pelton modeled, tested and manufactured his first turbine wheel, dubbed the Pelton Runner—later referring to the impulse blades only—at the Miners Foundry in Nevada City, California. [7] In 1878, at the Mayflower Mine in Nevada City, he installed the first operational Pelton wheel.
Moores Flat, California. / 39.41917°N 120.85083°W / 39.41917; -120.85083. Moore's Flat was a historic mining town located on the San Juan Ridge about 19 miles northeast of Nevada City, California and about 5 miles northeast of North Bloomfield, California. The town was about 1 mile south of the Middle Yuba at an elevation of about ...
Population. (1860) • Total. 300. Blue Tent is a historic 19th century gold mining community located about six miles northeast of Nevada City, California . Its approximate location is at the intersection of N. Bloomfield Road and Blue Tent School Road. It was part of Nevada Township.
2,910 ft (887 m) Time zone. UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT) GNIS feature ID. 1656416 [1] You Bet is a small unincorporated community in Nevada County, California. [1] You Bet is located in the Sierra Nevada foothills, 7 miles (11.3 km) east of Grass Valley and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northeast of Chicago Park.