Allis-Chalmers · Charles Allis
In 1901, the Edward P. Allis Company merged with Fraser & Chalmers, Dickson Mfg. Co., and the Gates Iron Works — all of Chicago — to form the Allis-Chalmers Company. The combined companies made numerous products for heavy industry, including blast furnaces for smelting, roasting, and refining metal ores; crushers; conveyors; engines; mills ...