Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. | SangamonLink
Nov 02, 2013 · Allis-Chalmers' first Springfield plant was bought from Monarch Tractor Corp., which was in financial straits, in 1928. The Springfield Monarch factory, which was descended from a company that had manufactured crawler tractors in Watertown, Wis. since 1913, had opened in 1925.