Foust uses history book to make pattern By Stacy Smith Segovia The Leaf-Chronicle The Pattern for a 6-Pounder Gun That the Foundry Used to Make A Civil War Cannon Reproduction Charles Foust Jr., president of Clarksville Foundry since 1981, enjoys seeing molten metal become specialized metal components. "For me, it’s fun to make stuff, " […]

Age-old process stands test of time By Stacy Smith Segovia, The Leaf-Chronicle Businesses come and go, some prospering during boom times then folding when the economy is shaky, as it is now. But Clarksville is home to many businesses that have weathered good and bad times. One of Clarksville’s oldest, longest-lasting businesses may be a […]

Clarksville, Tenn. — Clarksville Foundry, Inc., an iron foundry with more than 150 years of experience and one of Tennessee’s oldest manufacturing companies, is still going strong. The Foundry that once made Civil War munitions, corn shellers and manhole covers now casts a wide variety of modern industrial components used in commercial coffee grinders, manufacturing […]

Location:  Clarksville, Tennessee.  Founded:  1847  President:  Charles Foust Jr. (1981 – Present)  Past Presidents:  Charles Foust Sr. (1977 – 1981)  George Foust (1966 – 1977)  Thomas B. (T.B.) Foust (1912 – 1966)  Web site:  www.clarksvillefoundry.com  Utilizing up-to-date technology, Clarksville Foundry provides turnkey services that take a project from concept through interpretation of engineering drawings, on […]

Charles Foust, Jr., current president of Clarksville Foundry, graduated at the top of his class in mechanical engineering from the University of Tennessee in 1978. He was appointed vice president of Clarksville Foundry in 1980, became president in 1981, and immediately initiated technology upgrades and shifts in product emphasis. In 1994, Charles Foust, Jr. was […]

Founded in the mid 1850s, Clarksville Foundry and Machine Works, Clarksville, Tenn., had an array of vintage wood patterns stowed away in its warehouse, out of sight and collecting dust. But in 1985, after decades in storage, Charles Foust Jr., president of Clarksville Foundry, commissioned artist Tom Malone to fashion the wood patterns of industrial […]