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Oil can
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An oil can (oilcan or oiler)[1] is a can that holds oil (usually motor oil) for lubricating machines. An oil can can also be used to fill oil-based lanterns. An occupation, referred to as an oiler, can use an oil can (among other tools) to lubricate machinery.
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Oil cans were made by companies like Noera Manufacturing Company and Perfection in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1] Around this time, oil cans frequently leaked and contributed to fires.[2] In 1957, aluminium oil cans were introduced, produced by companies like the American Can Company.[3]
Rocanville, Saskatchewan, Canada is home to a large-scale oil can industry because of the Symons Oiler factory which produced oil cans during World War II.