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Crawlers/Dozers at Springfield Works

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Topic: Crawlers/Dozers at Springfield Works

Posted By: orangeman
Subject: Crawlers/Dozers at Springfield Works
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2010 at 6:31am

Hi Guys: Have any of you seen any films that Allis may have produced showing the Allis Crawlers, Dozers and Shovels produced at the Springfield Works being field testing?

I know there are several farm tractor films but have seen few if any of the Construction machinery being tested at Allis proving grounds.

I would like to secure some of the films for the AC library.

Thank you...Orangeman

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Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2010 at 6:48am

JR Collectables may have some. I have a VHS tape from JR that has a segment on building the Garrison Dam with A-C equipment around 1950. Shows two HD-19 crawlers put together as one unit. It's been a while since I've looked at it.

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Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2010 at 12:37pm

I posted one here a while back that showed the graders , scrapers and a bunch of crawlers . I believe they were listed on same page site on you tube that the D21 video was on.

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Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 5:47pm

Some here on this link to You Tube Videos

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Allis%20Chalmers%20Construction&search=Search&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&spell=1 - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Allis%20Chalmers%20Construction&search=Search&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&spell=1

And one here on HD41

[TUBE]r-KweToFxs8&playnext=1&list=PL4889B8DAFAE6D870&index=39[/TUBE]

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Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something.
"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."

Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2010 at 5:54pm

THe two proving grounds were in Arizona, and central Illinois. First one was at Mechanicsburg Ill, then later move to Bluff City Illinois for more room. I worked at Bluff City for about 10 years. We did lots of tests, some photos and plenty of writeups. I dont remember many movie cameras. Normally the camera guys went to the construction sites or mines to take movies of the field use.

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