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unusual facts about Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.



Big Allis

Big Allis, formally known as Ravenswood No. 3, is a giant electric power generator originally commissioned by Consolidated Edison Company (ConEd) and built by the Allis-Chalmers Corporation in 1965.

Bob Windle

In retirement, he worked for Allis-Chalmers in the United States, before being transferred to their Australian division.

In retirement, Windle stayed in the United States for a few more years, working for Allis-Chalmers, an agricultural equipment corporation.

Frederick Morrell Zeder

Zeder originally got acquinted with Breer at Allis-Chalmers where they apprenticed at the same time in 1910 in mechanical engineering.

In 1909 after graduating from U.O.M. Zeder was hired by the Allis-Chalmers Company in West Allis, Wisconsin, near Milwaukee for their apprentice course as an erecting engineer.

James Francis Barker

He briefly worked at D. H. Burnham & Company and Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. before switching to education, becoming Superintendent of the Manual Training Department at East Division High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1897.

John Allis

However, somebody pointed out to the administration that Harvard and Yale each had two Olympians that year and that, without Allis, Princeton would have had only one (Bill Bradley).

Niels Christensen

Christensen became a leading draftsman at Fraser and Chalmers in Chicago, a manufacturer of machinery for industry, mining, and transportation.

He worked briefly on electrical systems for Chicago’s Columbian Exposition and then was hired by the E. P. Allis Company of Milwaukee.

Stephen Gardner Champlin

Champlin was born in Kingston, New York, a son of Jeffrey Clarke Champlin (1798–1872) and his wife Allis Ellen (1804–73).

Ultimo Power Station

The original generating plant at Ultimo consisted of four reciprocating steam engines supplied by E.P. Allis & Co of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, each rated at 1250 horsepower (hp) and running at 100 revolutions per minute(rpm).


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