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    Who invented the modern elevator?

    Question #59783. Asked by meancreek09. (Oct 05 05 9:44 AM)


    bjb

    		Otis I believe

    Oct 05 05, 10:25 AM
    meancreek09

    		Thanks, but it doesn't fit.


    Oct 05 05, 10:33 AM
    JoshCaleb12

    		Elisha Otis invented the air brake used in elevators to stop the fall in case the cable breaks...

    William Armstrong invented the hydraulic crane, which replaced the steam powered elevators...

    Werner von Siemens invented the electric elevator...

    http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blelevator.htm

    Oct 05 05, 1:08 PM
    bookaddict

    		If your looking for the answer at thenamelessnovel.com look on August 28. It says this:
    New York, 1854: At the Crystal Palace Exposition, Elisha Graves Otis demonstrates his invention, the modern elevator. He cuts one of the elevator’s cables with an ax; to the crowd’s dismay, the contraption does not plunge to its doom.

    Oct 07 05, 3:34 PM
    meancreek09

    		Thanks..that was it.

    Oct 10 05, 1:22 PM

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