Allis-Chalmers first entered the manufacturing business as E.P. Allis of Milwaukee in the 1840s making waterwheel, sawmill and grindstones. They soon became a major manufacturer of steam engines and industrial equipment after merging with other firms.
Allis-Chalmers was very active during war time entering into the farm equipment business in 1914. The company would also play a major part as a manufacturer in the World War II building pumps for uranium separation as part of the Manhattan Project and building electric motors for U.S. Navy submarines. Allis-Chalmers also built triple expansion marine steam engines for Liberty ships.
Some of the acquisitions that were made by Allis-Chalmers were:
Monarch Tractor Company: 1928
Advance-Rumely based in LaPorte, Indiana: 1931
Buda Engine Co., based in Harvey, Illinois: 1953
Gleaner Harvester Co: 1955
The French company Vendeuvre: 1959
Tractomotive Corporation located in Deerfield, IL: 1959
Simplicity: 1958
The company began to struggle in the 1980s There was a climate of rapid economic change. They were
forced to sell its farm equipment division to K-H-D (Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz) AG of Germany in 1985 and was renamed Deutz-Allis and the tractors were sold under the AGCO-Allis name.
Briggs & Stratton announced in August, 2008, that it would sell lawn tractors under the Allis-Chalmers brand name.
This tractor was seen at the Tatamagouche Labor Day parade, Sept 5, 2011
This picture was submitted by Glem Fowler
This picture was submitted by Greg Hayden, Vista, CA, USA
The picture was taken at the 2005 The Antique Gas & Steam Engine
Museum Auction
