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Allis-Chalmers

The Allis-Chalmers Corporations operated from 1847 to 1999. Known as Milwaukee’s key manufacturer it originated in James Seville and Charles Decker’s Reliance Works in 1847. They were originally a major supplier of milling equipment but declined to bankruptcy when the lumber and flour industries began to struggle. Edward P. Allis then purchased the company in 1861. It was then named the Edward P. Allis & Company Reliance Works. In 1969 the company purchased its largest local competitor, Bay State Iron Manufacturing Company. This allowed for Allis & Co. to introduce new products such as portable mills, boilers, and gearing. Allis & Company had become the largest single manufacturer for steam engines in the United States at the turn of the Century. Allis-Chalmers became the largest builder of gas engines in the early 1900’s. They continued to grow and expand production and in the mid to late twentieth century they expanded into atomic energy and construction equipment. The company struggled to stay competitive due to the recession of the early 1980’s and diminishing sales. They declared bankruptcy in 1987 and closed its last Milwaukee office in 1999.

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After formation in 1847 the first Allis steam engine was in operation by 1869. The Allis-Chalmers Company was created in 1901 after the merger of E.P. Allis and three other firms. In 1914 they introduced a tractor to their line of products and by 1926 they were able to establish a separate tractor division. Introduction of their Model U with pneumatic tires in 1929 made history for Allis-Chalmers. They made another ground breaking move in 1933 with the Model WC which was the first tractor with the square engine design. Allis-Chalmers was purchased in 1985 by Deutz-Fahr and by 1992 a new company was farmed called AGCO.

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Model	Configuration	Years	# Produced
Model 18-30	Standard Tread	1918-1922	1,160
Model 6-12		1919-1926	1,471
20-35	Standard Tread	1919-1930
Model 15-25	Standard Tread	1921-1927	1,681
15-25 Orchard	Orchard	1924-1925
E 20-35	Standard Tread	1928-1930
E 25-40	Standard Tread	1930-1936	2,426
WC UnStyled	Row Crop	1933-1948	178,202
UC/All Crop	Row Crop	1933-1953	4,949
E 30-60	Standard Tread	1934-1937	70
IU	Industrial	1937
WF Unstyled	Standard Tread	1937-1940	8,350
WC Styled	Row Crop	1938-1948
IB	Industrial	1938-1954	2,800
WF Styled	Standard Tread	1940-1951
WD (Distillate)	Row Crop	1948-1954
WD (Gas)	Row Crop	1948-1954	146,525
Model G		1948-1955	29976
WD-45 (Gas)	Row Crop \| Wide Front	1954-1957	6,509
WD-45 (Deisel)	Row Crop	1954-1957	6,509
D270 (Kerosene)		1954-1957
D270 (Gas)		1954-1957
D270 (Diesel)		1954-1957
D-17 Series I-IV (Liquid Propane)	Row Crop	1957-1959	62,867
D272 (Diesel)	Standard Tread \| Utility	1957-1960
D272 (Gas)	Standard Tread \| Utility	1957-1960
D-17 Series I-IV (Diesel)	Row Crop	1957-1967	62,867
D-17 (High Clearance)	High-Clearance	1957-1967
D-17 (Orchard)	Orchard	1957-1967
D-17 Series I-IV (Gas)	Row Crop	1957-1967	62,867
ED-40	Standard Tread \| Utility	1960-1968
D-19 (Diesel)	Row Crop	1961-1964	10,597
D-19 (LP)	Row Crop	1961-1964	10,597
D-19 (Gas)	Row Crop	1961-1964	10,597
I-40	Standard \| Industrial	1962-1966	554
T-16 4WD		1963-1964	15
D-21 Series I	Row Crop	1963-1965	1,129
D-21 Series II	Row Crop	1963-1969	2,409
I-60	Standard \| Industrial	1964-1966	1,336
190 XT (Diesel)	Row Crop	1964-1972
190 XT (LP)	Row Crop	1964-1972
190 XT (Gas)	Row Crop	1964-1972
190 (High Clearance)	Row Crop	1964-1973
190 (Diesel)	Row Crop	1964-1973
190 (Gas)	Row Crop	1964-1973
I-400	Industrial	1966-1968
I-600	Industrial	1966-1968
170 ( One-Seventy) Diesel	Row Crop	1967-1971
170 ( One-Seventy) Gas	Row Crop	1967-1971
One-Eighty	Row Crop	1967-1973	10,163
220	Row Crop	1969-1973	1,865
Two-Ten	Row Crop	1970-1973	1,471
175 (Gas)	Row Crop	1970-1980	1,009
175 (Diesel)	Row Crop	1970-1980	5,485
185	Row Crop	1970-1981	14,961
160	Renault	1972-1973	1,487
200	Row Crop	1972-1975
7030	Row Crop	1973-1974	3,396
7050	Row Crop	1973-1974	2,303
6040	Renault	1974-1975	499
7040		1974-1977
7000		1975-1979	7,264
5050 FWA	Standard Tread \| Utility	1977-1983
5050	Standard Tread	1977-1983

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