Michigan Please Join Us At Riverside Park On (Friday) September 20th From 11am To 1pm To Help Pay Tribute And Homage To (Engineer) Cornelius “Langston” Henderson And To Discover The History Connection Between “Parkside” Zachariah Chandler, The Underground Railroad, Our War Cannon, Mercy-Samaritan Center And The Historical Dunbar-Parkside Hospital.

ZACHARIAH CHANDLER (1813 - 1879) AND CANADA-MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROADS & STRUCTURES “BLACK”ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS HISTORY:

ІМНОТЕР 2700 BC - 2601

ELIJAH J. McCOY (1843- 1929)

FREDERICK “BLACKBURN” PELHAM (1861 - 1895)

CORNELIUS “LANGSTON” HENDERSON (1887 - 1976)

ELIJAH J. McCOY #CanadaHistoricalMarker
Birthday: May 2, 1843 or 1844
Death Date: October 10, 1929

Born Free in Ontario, Canada In 1843 to parents who had escaped slavery in the United States, McCoy would move to Michigan as a young man where he began working with steam lubrication techniques.

He would develop an automatic lubricator, for locomotive steam engines, along with several other inventions of a similar nature. He would file 57 patents for his inventions.
50 of which were for Lubricating systems.

At the turn of the Century, he was believed to have produced more patents than any Black inventor of that time.

Some have attributed the phrase, “The Real McCoy” to him and his inventions. (Note: This may not be completely accurate, Only hear say speculation).

Several Historic sites in Michigan are named for McCoy and celebrate his Achievements.

McCoy was inducted into the National inventors Hall of Fame in 2001.

#ELIJAHMcCOY MICHIGAN HISTORICAL MARKER:
Canada-born Elljah McCoy (1843-
1929) Automated steam engine maintenance. Previously done by hand, by patenting an automatic lubricator In
1872.

By 1926, he had patented more than forty Inbricating devices used internationally on trains and boats and In factories.

McCoy, Trained as a mechanical
engineer in Scotland. This son of former slaves, faced Racial Discrimination in the US. and made his living as a fireman stoking fires and oiling engines for the Michigan Central Railroad.

McCoy sought to end the delays caused by frequent oil stops. In his Ypsilanti workshop he developed a lubricating cup that continuously fed oil to steam engines.

McCoy other inventions and patents included a folding ironing table, Assurances of authenticity of McCoy lubricating cups are believed to have been the origin of the phrase “The Real McCoy”.

#ELIJAHMcCOYHOMESTEAD MICHIGAN MARKER:

Elijah McCoy, the noted black inventor. lived on this site for much of his adult life.

Born in 1844, to fugitive slaves residing in Canada, McCoy was trained in Scotland as a mechanical engineer, and came to Michigan after the Civil War.

Discrimination forced him to become a fireman on the Michigan Central Railroad.

In 1872, McCoy patented his first automatic lubricating cup which oiled the locomotive while the train was in motion, This eliminated frequent stops for oiling.

McCoy soon moved to Detroit where he Improved his designs, and later set up a company to manufacture lubricators.

These lubricators were installed in locomotives and steamships both here and abroad. McCoy died in 1929, honored for his Important engineering innovations.

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HOW THE PULLMAN PORTERS BUILT A BLACK MIDDLE CLASS DURING SEGREGATION: (By MICHAEL SCOTT)
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* Although black porters on Pullman train cars endured racial prejudice and tough working conditions, they used it as an opportunity to foment support for civil rights and to put their families on the next rung of the economic ladder.

* Founded in Chicago and chartered in 1867, the Pullman Palace Car Company ushered in a revolution in new forms of luxury transportation in America.

The brainchild of American industrialist and engineer George Pullman, the company provided railroads with conductors and porters that serviced their “Palace” train cars.

* Notably, while the passengers were white, the porters were all black. This was the result of efforts on the part of George Pullman and his company to enlist thousands of Black Americans after the Civil War for employment, including many former slaves.

* Founded in Chicago and chartered in 1867, the Pullman Palace Car Company ushered in a revolution in new forms of luxury transportation in America.

* Notably, while the passengers were white, the porters were all black. This was the result of efforts on the part of George Pullman and his company to enlist thousands of Black Americans after the Civil War for employment, including many former slaves.

* Rising From the Rails: The Story of the Pullman Porter explores the little- known history of the African American men hired to work on railroad sleeping cars beginning in the late 1860s.

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