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The company was based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Kuhlman Car Company was founded in 1892 [1] by Gustav C. Kuhlman (c.1859-1915), his father and three other brothers. It was acquired by the J. G. Brill Company in 1904, but continued building under the Kuhlman name. It was reorganized in 1931 as J. G. Brill of Ohio, but ceased operations completely ...
Cleveland street railways in 1900 Like most large cities in the United States , there existed a large network of streetcars in Cleveland in the first half of the 20th century. The streetcar lines in Cleveland , Ohio were operated by the Cleveland Railway , which was formed in 1910 with the merger of two companies.
A famous Tennessee Williams play and later film of the same name was set in New Orleans, Louisiana, where Perley A. Thomas streetcars were operated on the route labeled "Desire" around the period of 1947 in which the story was set; hence the name: A Streetcar Named Desire. Late in the 20th century, local employees carefully restored the cars ...
[5] [a] The building faced Euclid Avenue, and was 160 feet (49 m) wide and 200 feet (61 m) long, and set 50 feet (15 m) back from the street. [5] [8] [b] Between the street and the building was a grass lawn, and a red quarry tile terrace in front of the entrances. [5] Over the two front entrances [8] was a copper canopy. [5]
This is a list of past and present streetcar (tram), interurban, and light rail systems in the United States. System here refers to all streetcar infrastructure and rolling stock in a given metropolitan area. In many U.S. cities, the streetcar system was operated by a succession of private companies; this is not a list of streetcar operating ...
JG Brill Company (1868–1956, but streetcar production ended in 1941) [2] Cincinnati Car Company (1902–1938) [ 2 ] Edwards Rail Car Company (1997–2008) – Historic-streetcar replicas
Murray Ohio Manufacturing Company was founded in 1919 to make fenders, fuel tanks, and other automobile parts. [1] The company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Cleveland factory was unionized by the United Auto Workers (UAW) and AFL–CIO. In the mid-1930s, the company began production of bicycles, mostly for the youth market.
Share certificate issued by the J. G. Brill Company, issued on April 11, 1921 A 1903 Brill-built streetcar on a heritage streetcar line in Sintra, Portugal in 2010. The J. G. Brill Company manufactured streetcars, [1] interurban coaches, motor buses, trolleybuses and railroad cars in the United States for nearly 90 years, hence the longest-lasting trolley and interurban manufacturer.