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One of the first of these was based on an inclined conveyor belt & used in a NYC elevated train station in 1900 |
an escalator
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$600 |
J |
INVENTORS & INVENTIONS |
2006-07-17 |
#5046 |
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Almost 40 years after Otis invented the safety elevator, Jesse Reno developed this people mover |
Escalator
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$1,000 |
DJ |
AMERICAN INVENTIONS |
2000-07-07 |
#3665 |
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Introduced at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris, its name comes from Latin for "one that takes you up the ladder" |
an escalator
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FJ |
INVENTIONS |
1997-02-24 |
#2881 |
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The first one, built by the Otis Elevator Co., was installed in Gimbel's Philadelphia store in 1901 |
escalator
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$200 |
J |
INVENTIONS |
1991-01-07 |
#1466 |