Google Doodle Honors The Real McCoy

jordon412

33 Year Old Railfan
Today is the 178th birthday of Elijah McCoy, an African Canadian born on the shores of Lake Erie to parents escaping slavery in the South, and the inventor of an automatic lubricator for steam locomotives. He is also the source of the phrase of 'The Real McCoy,' as engineers would ask if a locomotive was fitted with "the real McCoy system", instead of an inferior lubrication system. I have provided a link to the Wikipedia article on him if you want to read more about him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_McCoy
 
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