Allis-Chalmers Story

Another of Crestline's noted agricultural history books, the ALLIS-CHALMERS STORY traces the history of this famous company in 372 pages filled with 1,500 original photographs. Charles H. Wendel, the author, is a leading expert on the history & development of American farm machinery. He is the author of five of Crestline's most successful & popular agricultural books, in addition to having written scores of magazine articles & columns on agricultural history. The ALLIS-CHALMERS STORY covers Advance-Rumely; Monarch; Aultman & Taylor; Gaar-Scott; Buda; LaCrosse Tractor; Gleaner Harvester, & all other firms that went into the creation of the huge A-C complex. The company history is covered from the forming of Gates Iron Works in 1842 until the final Deutz-Allis merger of 1985. Major sections trace the company's heroic developments in such fields as lumber & forest products; grain milling; hydraulics; steam engineering; electrical equipment, & mining machinery, as well as all phases of agriculture. A referwnce section contains a full serial number listing of ALL Allis-Chalmers; Rumely, Monarch, & Advanced Rumely agricultural equipment by year of manufacture. The overall format follows an alphabetical sequence, with all sections then being in chronological order, similar to other Crestline reference books.Wendel, Charles H. is the author of 'Allis-Chalmers Story' with ISBN 9780912612270 and ISBN 0912612274.