Middletown 100 Years Calendar 1888-1988 this calendar contains 14 black and white photographs of Old Middletown , NY Orange County Furnace (Center Street, near the corner of King Street , photo by Edwin Jessup) The building of the "Foundry," as it was usually called were constructed 1841-42 on Foundry Alley (now Center St.) and extended back to North Street. Established by E.P. Wheeler, J.F. France, E.M. Madden, and J. Lemon, it was Middletown's first important industry, and was built during the "boom period" immediately prior to the arrival of the Erie Railroad in 1843. The first "melt" was made February 22,1842. Products included steam engines plows, Stoves, mill machinery, railroad supplies , and a large variety of other castings. The foundry also fabricated structural and decorative parts used in Middletown buildings and made an experimental cannon during the Civil War. The last melt was made February 3, 1891. Much of the equipment was sold and shipped by railroad to a Long Island Company. The buildings Was torn down during 1891 and 1892.