Elijah McCoy 🔧
His lubrication systems helped trains and industrial machines run more efficiently, shaping modern engineering. His work was so trusted that people asked for “the real McCoy.”
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thewhitgeorge on ig shared this amazing #BlackHistory fact that will probably irritate any racist idiot, & I fully support their discomfort.
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Without this black man's inventions progression in the industrial age would not have existed. Say his name! #ElijahMcCoy #TheRealMcCoy #RoboticsStartedWithHim!
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The inventor of the lubricator
”The Real McCoy,” train coupling was a Black man, #ElijahMcCoy. Wonder if he’s been erased yet?
Black Innovation is #TheRealMcCoy 🔥The Underground Railroad was the way to freedom for #ElijahMcCoy enslaved parents, who fled from Kentucky to Canada & even though there weren't real trains on the Underground Railroad, their son would grow up to transform the way steam locomotives operate.
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Elijah McCoy (1844–1929) is most famous for inventing an automatic lubricating device for steam engines, revolutionising the railroad and industrial sectors.
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