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History of Brill. The J.G. Brill Company manufactured trams/streetcars (also, US: trolleys, trolley cars)[1], interurban coaches, motor buses, trolleybuses and railroad cars in the United States for almost ninety years; it was the longest lasting trolley and interurban manufacturer. At its height, Brill was the largest manufacturer of streetcars and interurban cars in the US and produced more streetcars, interurbans and gas-electric cars than any other manufacturer, building more than 45,000 streetcars alone.

The company was founded by John George Brill in 1868 as a horsecar manufacturing firm in Philadelphia. Over the years it absorbed numerous other manufacturers of trolleys and interurbans such as Kuhlman in Cleveland and Jewett in Indiana. In 1944, with business diminishing, it merged with the American Car and Foundry Company (ACF) to become ACF-Brill. Although the company ceased production in 1954, some of its interurbans served the Philadelphia area till the 1980s.
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Source The Brill in The Square.Christchurch NZ
Author Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand
Camera location43° 31′ 49.03″ S, 172° 38′ 10.86″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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