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omjones
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May 02, 2022

trivia

Hello friends..
May 2nd is the birthday of Elijah Mc Coy.
He invented the automatic oiler for locomotives and
held 57 patents as well.
He was born in Colchester Ontario in 1844,
and is buried in Detroit Mi.
He is where the expression 'the real Mc Coy' is from.
john 'I am Canadian'
  • But those old oil cans with the long necks spilling half of the oil on the ground were so cute!