[AT] Oliver's decline was Nice Tractor Day

[Bruce Fallon]

I have a large Orange hardbound book of Allis Chalmers Some of the stuff they built at the turn of the century (20th) was mammoth  Steam, Gas, Blowers, Power Generation, Pumping,  just about anything you can imagine. 


Bruce Fallon
Langley, WA 98260

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From: AT [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of HERBERT METZ
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 1:57 PM
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Subject: Re: [AT] Oliver's decline was Nice Tractor Day

Steve mentioned AC in many markets; in mid 1960s many manufacturers of large electrical generating equipment were hammered because of price fixing. At that time I did not realize AC was that big. 
We toured Hoover Dam in early 70's; I certainly agree with Steve. Herb(GA)


> On November 13, 2019 at 12:49 PM Steve Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Off topic but Cecil just reminded me of a tour of Hoover Dam I did 20 yrs ago (before 9/11 they would bring you into the very bowels).  At least one of the big generators was built by Allis-Chalmers.   (Others wore GE or Westinghouse plaques).  These generators, working from fuzzy memory, are about 30’ diameter; driven by 2’ diameter shafts coming up from the turbines.  Very impressive in the modern day, and hard to even imagine the manufacturing equipment required  back then.  
> SO
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