Brownell Car Company
Brownell Car Company was a horsecar and streetcar builder in St. Louis, Missouri.
Originally founded as Brownell and Wight Car Company by Frederick Brownell and Andrew Wight in 1875 as a horsecar builder, the company was renamed in 1879.
It later produced electric cars after horsecar service was abandoned by many cities. The company was bought by either American Car Company or J. G. Brill and Company in 1902.
Product
- Horsecars
- SE ST streetcar
- Cable cars - Chicago, Brooklyn, New York, Kansas City
- Low’s Adjustable Car[1]
- Accelerator Car[1]
- Open bench electric street cars
- Combination cars
- Rail grinder cars
Clients
- Montreal Street Railway
- Baltimore Traction Company - open bench streetcars
- Grand Avenue Railway - Kansas City - cable cars
- Chicago City Railway - Chicago - cable cars
- Brooklyn Avenue Railway - cable cars
- Salem, Oregon Salem Street Railway Company - horsecars
- St. Louis Public Service Company
See also
- St. Louis Car Company, the railcar maker founded in 1887 in St. Louis