page_title: Ames Manufacturing Company
section_title: Iron and bronze foundries
hierarchical_section_title: Ames Manufacturing Company / Iron and bronze foundries
caption_attribution_description: English: Ames Foundry, Chicopee, Massachusetts. Foundry mark on the Minuteman by Daniel Chester French, Concord, Massachusetts
context_page_description: Ames Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of swords, tools and cutlery in Chicopee, Massachusetts, as well as an iron and bronze foundry. They were a major provider of side arms, swords, light artillery, and heavy ordnance for the Union in the American Civil War. They also cast a number of bronze statues which can be found throughout New England.
context_section_description: By 1835, the company was creating works in brass and bronze, and in 1845, an iron foundry was added. The company used the foundries for casting statuary as well for producing as military cannons and cannonballs.
  The bronze doors of the East Wing of the United States Capitol and Daniel Chester French's Minuteman statue at the Lexington-Concord bridge were cast at the Ames company. Other statues included large equestrian statues of George Washington (at the Boston Public Garden and in Washington, D.C.), a statue of Benjamin Franklin (Boston), and a statue of Major John Mason.
  When the Mexican War came, the foundry's primary output switched to armament.
caption: The Ames foundry mark can be seen on Daniel Chester French's Minuteman statue
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