Silk City Diners was a division of the Paterson Wagon Company, later known at Paterson Vehicle Company, established by Everett Abbott Cooper and based in
Paterson, New Jersey, which produced about 1,500
diners from 1926 until 1966.[1][2] Each was tagged with the year and order in which it was built; for example, 5607 would be the seventh diner manufactured in 1956.[3] Several have been listed on the
National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
NRHP and other extant diners
1941 Silk City, Gilmore Car Museum, Hickory Corners, MI[4]
Silk City Diners was a division of the Paterson Wagon Company, later known at Paterson Vehicle Company, established by Everett Abbott Cooper and based in
Paterson, New Jersey, which produced about 1,500
diners from 1926 until 1966.[1][2] Each was tagged with the year and order in which it was built; for example, 5607 would be the seventh diner manufactured in 1956.[3] Several have been listed on the
National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
NRHP and other extant diners
1941 Silk City, Gilmore Car Museum, Hickory Corners, MI[4]