US Patent: 320,354
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| Steam-Dome for Locomotives
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Patentees:
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| Elijah McCoy (exact or similar names) - Detroit, MI |
| Clarence B. Hodges (exact or similar names) - Detroit, MI |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Jan. 15, 1885 |
| Granted: |
Jun. 16, 1885 |
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Wikipedia biography of Elijah McCoy
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Description: |
| The inventor was born in Canada to fugitive slaves from Kentucky. He moved to Scotland where he was certified as a mechanical engineer, and then rejoined his family who in the meantime had moved to Michigan. |
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