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Re: (erielack) Silk Trains
Paterson NJ was known as "The Silk City" and had a number of silk mills. I suspect that many of the silk shipments ended up there. There were also numerous woolen mills in the area, most of which had closed and/or moved south by the mid-50s
Tony Horn
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>From: Fred Stratton <erief7_@_msn.com>
>Sent: Mar 27, 2006 7:02 AM
>To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net, paultup@optonline.net
>Subject: (erielack) Silk Trains
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>I recieved this question via my website, does anyone have any info on this?
>
>Fred Stratton
>erief7_@_msn.com
>Clearwater, Florida
>
>>From: Alan Vanterpool <avtpool_@_shaw.ca>
>>To: erief7_@_msn.com
>>Subject: Silk Trains
>>Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:50:43 -0700
>>
>>Hello:
>>
>>From 1895 to 1935 fast trains moved bales of raw silk landed at west coast
>>ports to the east coast. I understand the Erie Rail Road was one of the
>>eastern roads with which the western roads interchanges their cars of silk.
>>Do you have any information on this - especially where the loads terminated
>>on the Erie system.
>>
>>Thank you.
>>
>>Alan Vanterpool
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