Brockway Motor Company
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Truck
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, with the smallest being mechanically similar to an automobile...
s in Cortland, New York
Cortland, New York
Cortland is a city in Cortland County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 18,740. It is the county seat of Cortland County.The City of Cortland, near the west border of the county, is surrounded by the Town of Cortlandville....
from 1912 to 1977. It was founded as Brockway Carriage Works in 1875 by William Brockway. His son George Brockway later turned the carriages into a truck manufacturer in 1909.
Some Brockway trucks were equipped with inline six engines fitted with Rochester
Rochester Products Division
Rochester Products Division was a division of General Motors that manufactured carburetors, and related components including emissions control devices and cruise control systems in Rochester, New York...
2G (DualJet) carburetor
Carburetor
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The company was purchased by Mack Trucks
Mack Trucks
Mack Trucks is an American truck-manufacturing company and a former manufacturer of buses and trolley buses. A wholly owned subsidiary of Renault Véhicules Industriels since 1990, Mack Trucks is currently a subsidiary of AB Volvo. The company's headquarters are located in Greensboro, North Carolina...
Inc. in August 1956 and remained a division of Mack until its closing in June 1977.
Cummins engines were primarily used in Brockways though many were powered by Detroit Diesels.
There is a Brockway Truck show in Cortland each year with a museum in the works as well.
The hood ornament
Hood ornament
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used by Brockway was a husky dog
Husky
Husky is a general name for a type of dog originally used to pull sleds in northern regions, differentiated from other sled dog types by their fast hard pulling style...
with pulling harness, thus giving Cortland the nickname of "Husky Town USA"
A documentary about the trucks and the Brockway company is available from Wiffle Ball Productions in Cortland, New York.