About Allis-Chalmers Tractors. Allis Chalmers started out as a small burr millstone maker in 1847. By 1979 they had grown into a $2 billion corporation and were one of the important machinery manufacturers in the United States. The original company, known as "Edward P. Allis & Company" was built by E. P. Allis of New York after acquiring a shop

Charles Allis became the first president of Allis-Chalmers. Under his leadership, a new plant was completed southwest of Milwaukee to keep up with expanding operations. It was referred to as the “West” Allis Works, to distinguish it from the original factory located just south of the city. The community that grew up around this new plant

Allis-Chalmers was a tractor manufacturer with a history going back to 1847, but it entered the 50s behind the leaders, International Harvester, John and Massey-Harris. Throughout the 50s and 60s, they worked to keep pace in the battle for horsepower dominance and market share. Model "U."

Allis-Chalmers D15, then 170. The D14 was the first D-series model, introduced in 1957 as an all-new tractor. The engine was a new 149-cubic-inch (2,440 cc) Allis-Chalmers Power-Crater four-cylinder engine, available in gasoline and LP gas fuels. The engine was coupled to a four-speed transmission with a transfer case, giving a total of eight

Allis Chalmers Arrives. Sunday, November 25, 1900, is a significant date in the history of West Allis. On that day, Stutley I. Henderson, whose family was one of the area’s original settlers, called upon Charles Allis of the Edward P. Allis Company (later named the Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company) for the purpose of selling him property

Allis-Chalmers 440 4wd History. In the early 1970's Allis-Chalmers began to look at follow up to the 1960's T16 4wd. The company looked outside sources for a new model that would be competitive in the market place. Allis-Chalmers worked with White Motor Company first to use the White-Plainsman A4T-1400 as a base for an AC 4wd. A mock Plainsman

11/07/  · Designed as a replacement for an earlier tractor, the Allis-Chalmers HD-11 was a very worthy successor and was in production for over 25 years. By Richard Campbell THE ALLIS-CHALMERS model HD-11 was introduced in 1955 as a replacement for the company’s model HD-9, which had been in production since 1950, and the earlier model HD-10, the 10-year

Allis-Chalmers was a continuous inventor and innovator in these fields. Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, they were one of the one hundred largest American manufacturing companies. In the early 1950s, Allis-Chalmers' 30,000+ employees generated more annual revenue than IBM.

The Allis Chalmers WC is a 2WD row-crop tractor manufactured by Allis Chalmers in West Allis, Wisconsin, USA from 1933 to 1948. The first generation was manufactured from 1933 to 1937. The Allis Chalmers WC is equipped with one of three engines: a 3.0 L (186.0 cu·in) four-cylinder gasoline engine, a 3.3 L (201.0 cu·in) four-cylinder gasoline engine, or a 3.3 L (201.0 cu·in) four

03/02/  · The Allis-Chalmers HD-6 crawler brought big tractor design features to the 50 drawbar horsepower class. Although the Allis-Chalmers HD-6 crawler was the smallest in the range by drawbar performance and weight, it outsold its bigger brothers significantly. When production finally ceased in 1974, over 25,000 units had been produced.

ALLIS-CHALMERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY. History: Incorporated March 15, 1913, in Delaware; successor to Allis-Chalmers Co. through purchase of all the properties formerly owned by that company. Company owns plants in the following cities: Milwaukee, Wis.; West Allis Wis., and Cincinnati, Ohio. Company's business is to manufacture, and its

Allis-Chalmers. Allis-Chalmers was a major supplier of electrical equipment to utilities and industry from 1905 when it purchased Bullock Electric - manufacturer of electrical rotating

Allis-Chalmers' history as a manufacturer extends to the 1840's in Milwaukee. In 1914 the growing company entered into the farm equipment business. Over the years Allis-Chalmers was responsible for many innovations in farm equipment and grew to become one of the largest and most diverse manufacturers in North America.

In its search to develop electric power through chemical reactions, Allis-Chalmers in 1951 began research on fuel cells. In October 1959 near West Allis, Wisconsin, this fuel cell tractor plowed a field of alfalfa with a double-bottom plow. Fuel cells produce electrical power directly through a chemical reaction, without heat, smoke, or noise.

The Allis-Chalmers model B was a small agricultural tractor produced by the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing company from 1937 to 1957. With over 125,000 units produced, the model B became one of the best selling and longest-produced tractors for Allis-Chalmers. The B came in several different variations including the Asparagus B, Potato Special, and the IB industrial tractor, and gave rise to the

Governor for hydraulic turbine engine, made by the Allis-Chalmers Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1905. (Museum object #2008.64.1) Everything about the Allis-Chalmers Company was big. Milwaukee's Edward P. Allis Co., whose roots stretched back to 1847, was already the world's biggest steam engine manufacturer when it merged with the second