Inside 1902 Allis-Chalmers Factory: Building Heavy Industrial Machines Step by Step
4.7K views · Sep 29, 2026 · People & Blogs
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@gerrywalsh5766 · 17 hours ago
We had a late 1970's Allis - Chalmers 8550 tractor that Allis affectionately called "The Beast". The engine was a BUDA design perfected by the Allis engineers and she took care of over 1600 acres of our farm. The biggest Allis - Chalmers engine I have seen was an 880,000 horsepower steam turbine... 2,400 psi going in and the exhaust at the condenser was running at a 20 inch vacuum. Standing on the isolation deck of that monster and you felt nothing except the heat and sound of that work spinning a generator. I still have a single blade of the first stage...hard to imagine that much weight spinning at 3,600 rpm for years on end. 🤯🤯
@shumakerguitarworkssgw9505 · 23 hours ago
At Alcoa Davenport works our number 1 cold mill had 2 giant 10 foot tall motors made by allis chalmers. That mill was installed in the 50’s.
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