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Ephraim Shay

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American railroad engineer

United StatesFoundersLived 1839 to 1916 · aged 76
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Ephraim Shay was an American merchant, entrepreneur and self-taught railroad engineer who worked in the state of Michigan. He designed the Shay locomotive and patented the type.

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1892John Scott Award

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Ephraim Shay was an American merchant, entrepreneur and self-taught railroad engineer who worked in the state of Michigan. He designed the Shay locomotive and patented the type. He licensed it for manufacture through what became known as Lima Locomotive Works in Ohio; from 1882 to 1892 some 300 locomotives of this type were sold.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1839 to 1916 · aged 76
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