Canadian Brill Car
by Michael Porchik
Title
Canadian Brill Car
Artist
Michael Porchik
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
A yellow leaf stands out on an emblem on the front grill with peeling, flaking paint of an old buss reading Canadian Brill Car.
The J. G. Brill Company manufactured streetcars, interurban coaches, and buses in the United States for almost ninety years. The company was founded by John George Brill in 1868 as a horsecar manufacturing firm in Philadelphia. Over the years, it absorbed numerous other trolley-interurban manufacturers such as Kuhlman in Cleveland and Jewett in Indiana. With business diminishing, in 1944 it merged with the American Car and Foundry Company (ACF) to become ACF-Brill. It ceased trolley and bus production in 1954. Brill was the longest lasting of the nation's trolley and interurban manufacturers. It manufactured over 45,000 streetcars, motor buses, trolleybuses and railroad cars. At its height, it was the largest manufacturer of streetcars and interurbans in the U.S. and produced more streetcars and interurbans and gas electrics than any other manufacturer.
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August 15th, 2015
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Steve Harrington
Cool image, Michael! Canucks sure are classy, huh! :) LF
Michael Porchik replied:
Thanks Steve, The rest of the vehicle was in pretty bad shape, I haven't done anything with my shot of the whole thing.