Kasli


Kasli

 

a city (until 1942, a settlement) in Cheliabinsk Oblast, RSFSR, located on Lake Bol’shoe Kasli, 25 km from the Mauk railroad station (on the Sverdlovsk-Cheliabinsk line) and 138 km northwest of Cheliabinsk. Population, 21,000 (as of 1970).

During the mid-18th century a metallurgical plant was founded in Kasli that became famous for its artistic cast-iron work. The city also has machine-building and fish-processing plants and a garment factory.