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Elijah J. McCoy (May 2, 1844 [A] – October 10, 1929) was a Canadian-American engineer of African-American descent who invented lubrication systems for steam engines. Born free on the Ontario shore of Lake Erie to parents who fled enslavement in Kentucky , he traveled to the United States as a young child when his family returned in 1847 ...
W.T. Rawleigh was born on the family farm, near Mineral Point, Wisconsin, on December 3, 1870. [3] As the oldest of a family of three boys and four girls born to Charles David and Sarah Malinda Rawleigh, it was necessary for Rawleigh to take on adult responsibilities at a young age in order to help provide income beyond the daily chores that a life in agriculture required.
Lincoln adapted their mine car lubricator to be used by service station mechanics. The P-25 Airline Lubrigun was introduced in 1925. Eight different versions of the Lubrigun were developed for the automobile market. More than 65,000 were sold between 1926 and 1931.(Fox) An early lubrication island at a service station in the 1930s.
Old World Industries (OWI) is an American automotive and chemical company best known for their PEAK brand of motor oil, antifreeze and other automotive products. The company markets itself as an "independent, family-owned business". It sells products in over 60 countries. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Stewart-Warner had other locations, including at 2600 North Pulaski in Chicago, and in later years a distribution center in Elgin, Illinois, located just south of I-90 and east of Rt. 25. [2] The company also opened a plant in Harlow, Essex, England in the late 1950s, which became its European headquarters.
Emory Clark sold his interest in the company in 1981 to Apex Oil, a St. Louis, Missouri–based company. In 1985, Apex decided to sell Clark Oil. By 1987, Clark and Apex were bankrupt. [1] In 1992, a division of Toronto-based Horsham Corp. bought Clark Oil and Refining, which included the two refineries and around 1,000 gas stations.
The Indian Refining Company was an American oil company in operation from the first decade of the 1900s until April 2, 1943. It was bought by the Texas Company in 1931. It had an oil refinery based in Lawrenceville, Illinois. Indian Refining patented the first "wax free" oil under the Havoline brand.
The company was the first to sell multi-grade motor oil and is currently North America's largest private, independent blender of motor oils and industrial lubricants. [2] Amalie primarily produces private label products for companies such as Walmart , O'Reilly Auto Parts , Advance Auto Parts , Carquest and AutoZone but is starting to sell its ...