I stumbled across this article that was published two years ago. I know my fair share about AC, but I learned a few more facts from this article! Our business history articles often focus on the consumer products and services industries with which we all interact – from auto companies to department stores. Yet… Continue reading Forgotten Industrial Giant: The Allis-Chalmers Story – The American Business History Center
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Ghost Signs
The History Museum at the Castle posted great article on Facebook about a ghost sign found in an Appleton building being remodeled. While removing plaster from an interior wall, the building owner discovered an old advertisement painted on the building next door. This ad was painted on the exterior wall of building sometime in the late 19th… Continue reading Ghost Signs
Allis-Chalmers WAW Office Buildings
The Allis-Chalmers West Allis Works office buildings on S.70th Street.
10 Steps To Starting A Museum
I guess if I never get that dream job making a job is always an option! There are just too many cool topics that could be made into a whole museum, so how would I choose?! Starting a museum or How to start a museum in 10 steps
Profile of Progress: Allis-Chalmers Corporation
Guide to the West Allis Works
Here is a souvenir booklet from the Allis-Chalmers West Allis Works circa 1950 (click the photo below).
What Blogging, Twitter, and Texting Do for the Historian’s Craft
Found this short blurb a very interesting read. New technology is proving useful for the history field. My wife got me hooked on it a few years ago, and now I try to post on a regular basis ( I would like to make them more frequent). I will be perfectly honest, I miss school.… Continue reading What Blogging, Twitter, and Texting Do for the Historian’s Craft
Allis-Chalmers in 1922
ALLIS-CHALMERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY Of the various products associated with the name of Allis-Chalmers and upon which the reputation of that company has been built, several of the principal lines of machinery owe their early development to the companies which united to form that organization. In the year 1901 the Allis-Chalmers Company was organized through a consolidation of the… Continue reading Allis-Chalmers in 1922
Allis-Chalmers and the Panama Canal Construction
Soon after the construction of the Panama Canal was commenced the Isthmian Canal Commission bought from the Allis Chalmers Company the first stone crushing plant used in the production of crushed stone for concrete work. This plant consisted of one No. 8 Style "K" and two No. 5 Style "K" Allis-Chalmers "Gates" Crushers, and the necessary auxiliary… Continue reading Allis-Chalmers and the Panama Canal Construction
Directors of the Allis-Chalmers Co. 1901
The Official Staff of the Allis-Chalmers Company. The following is a completed list of the directors and officers of the Allis-Chalmers Company, whose head office is in the Home Insurance building, Chicago: Directors—William W. Allis. chairman, Milwaukee: W. J. Chalmers, Chicago: Elbert H. Gary, William A. Read and Cornelius Vanderbilt, New York, for three years; Charles Allis,… Continue reading Directors of the Allis-Chalmers Co. 1901
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