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An Aunt & Uncle collected this all their lives, until it ended.How One Mistake Destroyed America's Greatest Cast Iron Companyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOSPcBU7Ixg84,271 views Jun 28, 2026In a foundry on the shores of Lake Erie, workers poured molten iron into sand molds and ground every skillet smooth as glass. The pans that came out of Erie, Pennsylvania were the finest cast iron America ever made — light, slick, built to outlast their owners. Today a single Griswold skillet that once cost two dollars can sell for thousands.So how did the greatest cast iron company in America end up dead — and its pans end up priceless?This is the story of Griswold: how a family foundry conquered the American kitchen, how nonstick and aluminum made cast iron old-fashioned overnight, and how one decision — selling the family company to owners who chased cost over craft — silenced the Erie foundry for good.The tragedy of Griswold isn't that the pans failed. It's that they never did — the company did. And the skillets are still cooking, long after the fires went cold.