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Elisha Otis's first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
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19th-century American industrialist and inventor of the Otis Elevator
Elisha Graves Otis was an American industrialist and founder of the Otis Elevator Company. In 1853, he invented a safety device that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting cable fails. On March 23, 1857, he installed the first safety elevator for passenger service in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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