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).
Silk City Diner 4655 in Clinton County, OhioTom's Diner, circa 1930, was built in Paterson, NJ by the Silk City Dining Car Company
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).
Silk City Diner 4655 in Clinton County, OhioTom's Diner, circa 1930, was built in Paterson, NJ by the Silk City Dining Car Company
NRHP and other extant diners
1941 Silk City, Gilmore Car Museum, Hickory Corners, MI[4]