page_title: Worcester Lunch Car Company
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Worcester Lunch Car Company / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Worcester Lunch Car Company factory manufacturing building in Worcester Massachusetts MA USA
context_page_description: Worcester Lunch Car Company was a manufacturer of diners based in Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1906 to 1957.
context_section_description: In 1906 Philip H. Duprey and Grenville Stoddard established the Worcester Lunch Car and Carriage Manufacturing Company, which shipped 'diners' all over the Eastern Seaboard. It was named for Worcester, Massachusetts, where the company was based. The first manufactured lunch wagons with seating appeared throughout the Northeastern US in the late 19th century, serving busy downtown locations without the need to buy expensive real estate. It is generally accepted that the name "diner" as opposed to "lunch wagon" was not widely used before 1925. The company produced  651 diners between 1906 and 1957, when manufacturing ceased. All of Worcester Lunch Car's assets were auctioned in 1961.
caption: The building formerly housing the Worcester Lunch Car Company manufacturing headquarters with the name still faintly evident in the black area near the top of the wall
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